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A View in the Farnum Library.
From Rogers' "Private Libraries of Providence/
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"That Mr. Farnum is an extremely careful student of bibliography the
collection fully attests. Every author, ancient or modern, that Mr. Farnum
has chosen to place upon his shelves, has been placed there at his very best.
In his library, bibliographically speaking, there are no mistakes." — Horatio
Rogers' ' ' Private Libraries of Providence, with a Preliminary Essay on the
Lmie of Books."
NEW YORK :
GEO. A. LEAVITT & CO., AUCTIONEERS,
Clinton Hall, Astor Place.
November, 1884.
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*' 1 wol do my dilygence
As ferre as sowneth in to honest
To tel you a tale, ye two or thre."
—Chaucer's " Monk's Prologue."
The books of the Farnum Library require no eulogy from the compiler of this
catalogue . Being the best of their kind, they tell their own story better than could
be narrated by fulsome description' or words of puff.
The condition, quality and quantity of the late Mr. Alexander Farnum's library were
chronicled by Horatio Rogers in his valuable " Private Libraries of Providence," some
six years ago, and as the collection appeared to him then. That impartial and Dibdinistic
description follows these two prefatory pages. All the compiler has essayed to accom-
plish has been to give titles, describe sizes and bindings, and add some few notes,
mostly borrowed from other sources. These tell an old, well-worn tale.
Like the bird in the fable, the writer has arrayed himself in the plumage of others.
And that is really about all the cataloguer of the period can do. His work has been so
faithfully performed for him, a generation or two ago, by Brunet, Stevens, Lowndes,
Dibdin, AUibone, Willis, Quaritch, and the rest of the old bibliographical guild, that all
he has to do is to follow in their tracks and plagiarize at every footstep. No literary
merit can therefore be claimed for these pages, as no literary originality has been
attempted. To compile a book catalogue in these days one only needs a paste-pot, a
pair of scissors and a little horse-sense. That is the whole of the necessary equipment.
This catalogue has been made with tools of that kind. It is compiled for the wealthy
and cultured man of leisure and good taste, who loves books for their own sake, not
for rarity or peculiarities alone. It, therefore, does not appeal to the impecunious,
finical and hjrpercritical bibliographer who, as a rule, being as poor as Job, can afford to
economically content himself with a sneering side laugh or a caustic, scorpionical
criticism. Those, however, who laugh the softest often cry the loudest and longest.
So much overweening conceit, fancied wisdom and bogus pretence, mingled with a
considerable share of the Ananias penchant, so frequently hedge around the "biblio-
graphical department," that the compiler has felt it necessary to put himself on record,
by this open confession, on behalf of his tribe and himself.
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This Library might have had the sizes of its volumes described by inches, but the
rule followed has been to give them popularly, according to the commonly received ideas .
Technicality, in that respect, has given way to the general conception, in accordance
with the suggestion made over eight years ago by the compiler in an article on " The
Sizes of Printed Books," in "The Stationer's Hand-Book," as follows: "It having
been found impossible to give regularly the correct sizes of modern books as in former
years, as folio, 4to, 8vo, i2mo, i6mo, etc., bibliographers have been forced to describe
the new sizes by the names of the old they are most like.'' No " collations " will be
found in this catalogue. Such are more suited to a Delmonico coterie of gourmets.
The books are as they are, and are described for auction sale, with a just fairness to all
the lots and without exaggeration of any. The compiler carried out the instructions of
the late Mr. Farnum in the method of description, in the length of notes to the various
lots, etc. The deceased owner wished his books thoroughly catalogued without regard
to expense. The compiler obeyed orders and would have been just as willing to have
done so if Mr. Farnum had desired him to have put fifty lots on -- page instead of the
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number they now average. He had in his mind's eye the dictum of the late Horace
Greeley — "Follow copy if it carries you out of the window." There may be
many typographical and descriptive errors in this catalogue. These have never
failed to creep into all its predecessors that have been hurriedly printed and made
up. Such mistakes are necessary to take the conceit out of cataloguers, and blunders
that can be found in these pages are now offered as a sacrifice, for bibliographers to
peck at.
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Mr. Famum's library is one in a thousand. Church has said — " We ought to judge
of the editions of books as we judge of men — none are perfect, and the best are good
only by comparison. " True, but when a collection carefully winnowed from the book-
sellers' stores on both sides of the Atlantic and culled from auctioneers' catalogues for
nearly a quarter of a century by a connoisseur like Mr. Farnum, who knew what and
where to buy the best that money could obtain, such a quotation should be disregarded.
Mr. Farnum's theory was large paper copies rather than small — the reliures of Hay-
day, Riviire, Bedford, Matthews, and Zaehnsdorff in preference to cheap store bindings
— limited editions on fine paper instead of unlimited on wood pulp — unique extra illus-
trated copies to be always chosen rather than volumes manufactured by the thousand,
with well-worn plates and indistinct impressions — the choicest examples of American
printed books represented by the Riverside Press or of the British printing office exhib-
ited in the typographical beauties of Whittingham and Baskerville to be selected
frequently and regularly — and in fact always editions-de-luxe, uncut copies not ravished
by the binder's plough, and, above all, original editions, if with plates, but if not, then the
best printed and the best edited that the book mart has produced or has to offer. Such
were Mr. Farnum's first choice, and he gathered together the hbrary of extraordinary
excellence, sumptuous character and superb condition, described in the following pages,
which do not contain the account of a solitary volume but what adorned his shelves at
Providence, and which, as a whole, are a bibliophilistic monument to his good taste and
correct judgment.
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The collection is strong in belles-lettres, the drama is fully represented, poetry is at
the very best, history is carefully selected, and, in fact, every other domain of hterature
necessary to constitute an American gentleman's perfect library will be found in it.
It is a collection of literary treasures for a man of the nineteenth century, not for a
Dryasdustic mummy.
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Mr. Farnum's library fills the following description which the book lover Amott tells
us respecting the contents of his book shelves :— " And in a corner of my house I have
BOOKS ; the miracle of all my possessions, more wonderful than the wishing cap of the
' Arabian Tales,' for they transport me instantly not only to all places, but to all times.
By my books I can conjure up to vivid existence before me all the good and great men
of antiquity ; and for my individual satisfaction I can make them act over again the
most renowned of their exploits. The orators declaim for me ; the historians recite •
the poets sing ; in a word, from the Equator to the Pole, and from the beginning of
time until now, by my books, I can fly whither I please."
CHARLES SOTHERAN.
New York Press Club,
120 Nassau Street.
MR. ALEXANDER FARNUM'S LIBRARY.
[Reprinted from pp. 165-178 of " Private Libraries of Providence, with a Preliminary
Essay on the Love of Books, by Horatio Rogers.'' 410. Providence, 1878.]
— Well read in poetry,
And other books, — good ones, I warrant ye.
Taming of the Shrew.
We have somewhere read the story of an old Roman, who expended vast sums in
purchasing a household of learned slaves. He wished to have the best poets and the
best historians in living editions. One servant recited the whole of the Iliad : another
chanted the Odes of Pindar : every standard author had its living representative. The
library of Mr. Farnum reminds one of the household of the Roman, though happily the
mortal edition of the ancient is replaced by the immortal offspring of the genius of
Gutenberg. They certainly resemble each other in the possession of the best poets and
historians in the best editions, and in every standard author having a representative.
This attractive collection contains about four thousand five hundred volumes, and is
largely composed of classical English literature, wherein it is unsurpassed in this vicinity.
Among its strong points are the drama, embracing the major and minor dramatists from
Shakespeare down, the British poets, general history, bibliography, antiquarian works,
especially of the Elizabethan age, literary history, and books on the fine arts. Wood
engraving has some particularly fine representatives. Every book in the library, almost
without exception, is the very best edition ever issued, in whatever form that may be ;
and of works of an important character, of which several approved editions exist, the
best are usually to be found among its treasures. For example, there are about twenty
editions of Shakespeare, from Halliwell's folio to Pickering's diminutive Diamond.
Milton is also represented in several of the choicest editions, from that of John Basker-
ville to that of William Pickering. When we say best editions, we do not always mean
the most rare and costly, like the first four folios of Shakespeare, or the original issues
of Milton ; but we apply the term to the most choice and elegant editions for critical
use, as indicated by the examples we have given. Some of the books are most daintily
gotten up, and about eight hundred volumes are large paper copies and limited editions.
In one case only five copies were issued of a work in the style of the copy in Mr. Far-
num's possession ; of another but twelve ; of several others twenty-five, fifty, and so on,
as the case may be.
To cull out some of the choicest specimens of this library will be our endeavor ;
though, in attempting to do so, one feels like saying with the aged Dryden, — " Thoughts
come crowding in so fast upon me that the only difficulty is to choose or to reject. "
Mr. Famum's copy of Dibdin's bibliographical works, of which some of the volumes
are unique, is, unquestionably, one of the finest in existence. With the exception of
the Spenceriana, and Althorpianse, all the important volumes are on large paper. The
copy of the Typographical Antiquities (one of sixty-six printed on large paper), is
uncut, and bound in half vellum ; while uniform with it are, two volumes deserving
special mention. One of these volumes comprises the first six signatures of the Typo-
graphical Antiquities printed on vellum, and intended for the Earl Spencer, Dibdin's
patron. These signatures belonged to William Savage, the printer, and, according to
the title-page, formed " The only portion, and only copy that was printed on vellum."
Though Dibdin's excuse for not completing the copy was the difficulty in working on
vellum, yet we suspect that the real reason was the expense. In the early stages of the
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undertaking, as appears by a note in Mr. Farnum's possession, Dibdin wrote to Savage
as follows: — '* I am much pleased with what you have sent me: the vellum has a
glorious look, and, if you exert all the talent which appears in the specimen, we shall
make a magnificent book of the vellum copy." In a subsequent note to Savage, likewise
in Mr. Famum's possession, he wrote : — ** I give up the vellum copy not from a suppo-
sition of your want of skill to execute it, but from various causes which I will state
hereafter. We shall now go on more smoothly. " Long after he had abandoned the
copy he referred to these signatures in a foot-note to his Bibliomania, more harshly, it
seems to us, than the truth justified ; for, notwithstanding what he had written to Savage,
he spoke of them as follows:— *' The censure which is here thrown out upon others
reaches my own doors : for I attempted to execute a single copy of my Typogf'aphical
Antiquities upon vellum, with every possible attention to printing and to the material
upon which it was to be executed. But I failed in every point ; and this single wretched
looking book, had I persevered in executing my design, would have cost me about
seventy-five guineas ! " *
Mr. Farnum's Dibdin comprises forty-six volumes. His large paper copy of Remin-
iscences of a Literary Life contains the rare Index, likewise on large paper, notwith-
standing the statement in the Hosmer Catalogue that it was " only printed on small
paper," f One of Mr. Farnum's copies of the Tour in France and Germany, the
* Another of Dibdin's autograph letters in Mr. Farnum's possession, is interesting because of
the references in it to his own works, and especially to his Reminiscences of a Literary Life, then
about to be published. It is addressed to Ithuriel Towne of New York, who had paid sixty guineas
for an illustrated Bibliomania, alluded to in a foot-note to the first volume of the Reminiscences,
and which sold for $720 at the John Allan sale in 1864. The letter is as follows : —
*' 7 Wyndham St.,
Bryanston Sqr.
April 3, 1835.
Dear Sir :
I beg you to accept my very best thanks for all the kind and all the honourable testimonies con-
tained in your letter of February last, in favor of my humble lucubrations. That they have afforded
you a rational gratification, is matter of sincere pleasure to their author.
Will you, however, forgive my remarking that you are much behind hand in your number of the
volumes which have issued from the same prolific pen ? But to that gallantry of spirit which hesi-
tates not to sacrifice 60 guineas for an illustrated copy of the Bibliomania upon large paper, every-
thing is obtainable. Goon, dear Sir, and put the finishing stroke to your spirit of courageous
enterprise. Possess the Decameron (the most beautiful, as Mr. Adlard will tell you, of all biblio-
graphical books), the Tour, the Spencer Library, and above all, for utility, the Library Co-m-panion.
As to the small rarer pieces 1 will confer with your honest agent, Mr. Evans, and together, we must
get them at reasonable prices. The Typographical Antiquities in 4 vols, is reasonable and common
— as an unfinished work.
I transmit you a notice of a neiv "work — in which you will observe your name to be down — from
authority; but I will be frank and tell you, that 1 have reserved for you a large paper copy — ;^io, loj.
— subject to your rejection or possession. 'Twill be an immensely scarce work ; and perhaps my
last performance.
And now allow me to thank you, which I do very sincerely, for the splendid and acceptable
present oi^& proofs of your countrymen's skill in the art of engraving. The specimens are most
creditable to them. In return as soon as the " Reminiscences" are published, in September, I
will send you a copy of my Lent Lectures on large paper, of which I shall beg your acceptance.
Your country is a young country but the infant is Hercules. Farewell, dear Sir, and accept the
assurance of my respect and esteem.
Very much and truly,
T. F. DIBDIN."
I The Catalogue of the Library of Zelotes Hosmer, prepared for the sale which took place in
1861, contained this note to a large paper copy of Dibdin's Reminiscences of a Literary Life (Lot
No. 301): " Containing the Index, very rare, and only printed on small paper. This is inlaid and
bound with the large paper copy; also a long letter to Dawson Turner, whose copy this was,"
INTRODUCTION. 7
second edition, published in three volumes, has been extended to eight by inserted illus-
trations, amongst which are a remarkable number of rare portraits and curious old views
of places. One of his copies of the Bibliographical Decameron contains the ebony-spec-
tacle portrait of Tom Payne, of which only twenty-five were printed. It likewise con-
tains one of the prints of Diana of Poictiers, the plate having been destroyed after seventy-
five (fifty ?) impressions had been taken off. "I learn," says Dibdin in a foot-note
to his Reminiscences, "that 3/. 13^. bd. has been given for a single impression of this
most original and fascinating portrait." But by far the most valuable of this fine set of
Dibdin is a unique copy, of which we have not yet spoken. Dibdin projected a ' ' Dis-
quisition on Early Engraving and Ornamental Printing," and though he never got so
far as the actual composition of the work, still, with the assistance of Savage, the
printer, he gathered much material for it in the form of a collection of numerous title-
pages of early printers and many wood engravings. Among its artistic treasures Ger-
many is represented by Albert Durer, Hans Burgkmair, Lucas Cranach, Hans Schaeu-
flein, Henry Voghter, James Kobel, Gabriel Schnellbotz, Louis Businck, and others ;
Holland and the Low Countries by John Walther van Assen, Henry Goltzius, Abraham
Bloemaert, Anthony Sallaerts, and Christopher van Sichem ; — but it is idle to attempt
to enumerate the artists whose cuts Dibdin had gathered together for the purpose of
illustrating his work. SuflSce it to say that the collection includes cuts of many of the
most famous wood engravers from the time of Albert Durer to that of Thomas Bewick.
The whole, constituting a most remarkable collection, are mounted, or inlaid, in a folio
volume. This interesting volume has been inspected by various engravers of this coun-
try, and has awakened much interest. It is a matter of surprise that the rich and appre-
ciative collectors of literary rarities in England allowed it to cross the Atlantic.
Of kindred character to the last volume is another collection of wood-cuts by Durer,
Burgkmair, and many other old masters. It came from the John Allan sale, and among
its stores is a chiaro-scuro engraving on wood,* less than eleven by seven inches square,
of which, or of a copy exactly like which, Jackson in his Treatise on Wood Engraving
thus speaks : — "I have, however, seen one German cut executed in this style, with the
date 1543, which for the number of the blocks from which it is printed, and the delicacy
of the impression in certain parts, is, if genuine, one of the most remarkable of that
period The subject is a figure of Christ ; in his left hand he holds an orb
emblematic of his power, while the right is elevated as in the act of pronouncing a
benediction The drawing of the figure of Christ is very much in the
style of Lucas Cranach, and I am strongly inclined to think that the original painting
or drawing was executed by him, whoever may have been the engraver. There must
have been at least ten blocks required for this curious print, which, for clearness and
distinctness in the colors, and for delicacy of impression, more especially in the face,
may challenge a comparison not only with the finest chiaro-scuros of former times, but
also with the best specimens of colored block-printing of the present day." The water
mark of Mr. Farnum's print contains the name of H-OSER, but we have not been able
to find any trace of such a paper-maker.
In the bibliographical department of this library are to be found a beautiful copy of
Brydges's scarce works in twenty volumes ; the Manuals of Brunet, and of Home, on
large paper ; the Bibliotheca Anglo Poetica, also on large paper, and extensively illus-
trated by the insertion of many rare portraits ; together with many other valuable works.
A hap-hazard selection of a dozen or more works for mention will, at least, give a fair
illustration of this collection. The Harleian Miscellany, in ten quartos, is from Rufus
Choate's library, bearing his autograph on a fly-leaf : Somers's Tracts in thirteen volumes
is uniform with it in size. The first twelve volumes of the Septimus Prowett edition of
* [This wood engraving will not be sold with the Library.]
8 INTRODUCTION.
Dodsley's Old Plays are on large paper, and the thirteenth has been stilted to match.*
Pickering's Prayer Book, in seven folios, shows all the changes from the Prayer Book of
Edward VI., to the present time. Aristotle's Works, translated by Thomas Taylor, in
ten quartos, forms, according to Branet, the only uniform edition of Aristotle's complete
works in any language. Ritson's antiquarian works, in forty volumes, bound in tree
calf by Riviere, contains all the cancelled leaves and suppressed passages. Yarrell's
Birds, the largest size in six imperial octavos, only fifty copies of that size having
been issued, and his Fishes, the second size, are full of beautiful wood-cuts. Mr. Far-
num was one of the original sixteen American subscribers to Halliwell's folio Shakespeare,
illustrated by Fairholt, in sixteen volumes, of which there were but one hundred and
fifty copies printed. This is one of the best specimens of printing of modern times,
being all worked by hand, and on paper which is superb. Large paper copies, like the
one in this library, of Dr. Grey's edition of Hudibras, published at Cambridge in 1744,
are, according to the Bibliotheca Anglo Poetica, of rare occurrence ; and Dr. Dibdin
says only twelve were issued in that style, f The copy of the London edition of Hudi-
bras here, pubhshed in 1819, contains the plates engraved for the work as additional
illustrations ; and they are printed in colors in a very remarkable way, and are very
elegant.
There are works of marvellous beauty here, containing specimens of illumination and
decoration of the middle ages. Of this class is Silvestre's Universal Paleography, or
facsimiles of writing of all nations and periods in two elegant folios, J They are gorgeous
volumes, and have the reputation of being some of the finest books ever issued. Not
unUke in character are the original edition of Le Moyen Age by Lacroix, and Shaw's
books relating to the middle ages on large paper, viz. : Illuminated Ornaments ; Dresses
and Decorations ; Decorative Arts, Ecclesiastical and Civil, etc. The attractiveness of
this style of works, by reproducing the ornamentation of even old books alone, whether
of letter or illustration, can well be understood by those not familiar with them by the
following, which we take from an English writer, who, in speaking of a Gothic story of
the fourteenth century, " before the press vulgarized wonders," thus describes the class
to which it belonged : — " The scribe, the artist, and the binder, lavished their time and
skill. Six years were not unf requently spent upon the internal decorations. The margin ,
in the place of canvas, was enriched with portraits, magnificent dresses, flowers and
* It is very difficult to pick up a perfect large paper copy of the edition of Dodsley's Old Plays in
twelve volumes, published by Septimus Prowett in 1825-27, with a supplemental volume issued by
William Pickering in 1833. One reason is that, after it had become scarce, extra sets were made
up, as far as possible, from sheets left over, lacking signatures being supplied by printing new ones,
which but imperfectly matched the original. Another reason is that the time of issuing the set
stretched over several years. Mr. Farnum in making up his set collected no less than three different
copies before securing a perfect one. The writer experienced almost as much difficulty in making
up an uncut copy on small paper. This edition will probably always continue to be highly prized.
The edition recently issued, and edited by Hazlitt, will scarcely supplant it as iVIr. Hazlitt has
omitted some plays that have recently appeared in the collected works of their authors, but which
are to be found in the Prowett edition : he has also added some plays not to be found in Dodsley.
t The statement in the text is, perhaps, a little too unqualified. Dibdin's exact language in a
note to the Library Companion in regard to large paper copies of Grey's edition of Hudibras, is as
follows : — "On large paper, it is said, only 12 copies were struck off ; but I have my doubts on this
head, as it is not an uncommon book, and 100 copies were subscribed for. Do T deceive myself in
the supposition that I have seen more than a dozen of copies ? Be that as itmay, I find such a copy,
bound by Roger Payne in red morocco, selling for 14/. 145., at the sale oi Colonel Stanley's library;
and a similar one — * very fine copy, old red morocco, borders of gold,' (inviting description ! ) marked
at 12/. J2J., in the catalogue of Messrs. Payne and Foss. It may be necessary to state, that the
plates in this edition are from the very humorous pencil of Hogarth," — etc,
} The two smaller volumes of text, of course, accompany the folio illustrations.
INTRODUCTION. 9
fruits. Letters of silver shone on a purple ground. Golden roses studded a covering
of crimson velvet ; the clasps of precious metal, richly chased, shut up the adventurous
knights and the radiant damsels in their splendid home."
There are also illustrated books in profusion, and all superb. Among works with fine
plates are Lodge's Portraits, Houbraken's Heads, and Woodburn's Gallery of Rare
Portraits, all in folio ; then too, there is an original Hogarth from the library of David
Roberts, the painter, in elephant folio ; and, of like size, Westwood's Miniatures and
Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts. A collection of over seventeen
hundred plates of Bartolozzi, the celebrated Florentine designer and engraver, in five
elephant folios, is undoubtedly one of the finest testimonials to this artist's genius ever
formed. Among its treasures are numerous engraver's proofs, comprising several series
of impressions from a number of the plates, showing the progress of the artist's work
from the etching to the finished print.
Books illustrated with inserted plates are likewise to be found in Mr. Famum's
library. Of this character are Irving's Washington ; Dunlap's History of the Rise and
Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States, extended from two to four volumes ;
Rogers's Pleasures of Memory, and Cowper's Task, both inlaid to quarto size, magnifi-
cently illustrated with many proofs and autograph letters, and richly bound ; and
numerous other works. Eastlake's Material for a History of Oil Painting, besides its
inserted illustrations, contains five original drawings by Eastlake. Four of them are in
colors, being copies of frescoes made by the artist during his travels in Italy: the other
is a sheet of studies in pencil and pen drawing. These were bought at a sale of the
artist's effects, and were guaranteed by Lady Eastlake to be the work of her husband.
The last volume we shall mention will be Byron's English Bards and Scotch Review-
ers, inlaid to folio size. It was gotten up by William Upcott, a man famous in England
for his love of literary rarities. It afterwards belonged to John Allan of New York,
likewise noted for his fine books, and by him it was considered one of his choicest
gems. It contains one hundred and forty-five inserted portraits, mostly proofs, and
numerous landscape plates. Besides the autographs of Lord and Lady Byron, the Earl
of Carlisle, Lord Aberdeen, Lady Holland, the graceful mistress of Holland House, and
numerous other illustrious personages, there are in it original letters of Wordsworth,
Lamb, Sydney Smith, Fox, Rogers, Gifford, R. P. Knight, Montgomery, William
Cobbett, William Miller, Richard Cumberland, John Murray the senior. Lord Hervey,
reporting the sale of his South Sea stock, the Duke of Portland, and others. Charles
Lamb's letter to Mr. J. OUier contains this characteristic sentence: — "It is enough
once for all to assure you, that I never could succeed in anj^thing proposed to me to do,
and I wont strive against my poor obstinate grain." It concludes equally characteris-
tically, thus : — ' ' Yours and your brother's, C. Lamb. " No wonder its respective owners
have regarded this book as a prize.
That Mr. Farnum is an extremely careful student of bibliography the collection, of
which we have given so imperfect a sketch, fully attests. Every author, ancient or
modern, that Mr. Farnum has chosen to place upon his shelves, has been placed there
at his very best. In his library, bibliographically speaking, there are no mistakes. We
think we may, with great propriety, apply to Mr. Farnum's knowledge of books and
book-coUecting, as well as to his other literary attainments, the well-known lines of
the poet, — , . ,
" What the child admired.
The youth endeavoured, and the man acquired."
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'BECKETT (Gilbert). Comic History of
England, with 20 colored engramngs and
numerous woodcuts by John Leech, 2 vols.
8vo, London, i860 ; also — A'Beckett's Comic
History of Rome, from the Founding of the City to the
End of the Commonwealth, profusely illustrated with
engravings on wood and colored plates, after designs by
Leech, London, n. d. Together 3 vols. 8vo, calf gilt,
marble edges.
Abeillard and Heloisa. History of the Lives of, com-
prising a Period of 84 Years from 1079 to 1163. With
their Genuine Lives from the Collection of Amboise. A
new edition. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf.
Basil, J. J. Tourneisen, 1793
Scarce. The Rev. John Berington's edition of the letters of
these unfortunate lovers. The editor was a well-known Catholic con-
troversialist. Lowndes styles the above — " a valuable and accurate
work composed from authentic materials.''
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3 Adams (John). Works of, with a Life of the Author,
Notes and Illustrations by his grandson, Charles Francis
Adams. Portraits and facsimiles. lo vols, imperial 8vo,
cloth, uncut. Boston, 1856
Large Paper. " Of the writings of our Revolutionary worthies,
none have been presented to the public with so much abihty, care and
good faith as those of John Adams. The main portion of the labor
devolved on Charles Francis Adams, who has devoted to it several
years, and has set an example of thorough research and sound judg-
ment, which cannot be too highly commended." — Griswold.
4 Adams. Defence of the Constitutions of Government of
the United States of America against the Attack of M.
Turcot. By John Adams, LL.D. Third Edition. 2
vols. 8vo, calf, gilt (title mutilated shghtly). Phila., 1797
The writer has not distinguished between republicanism and democ-
racy. The work did much to familiarize the European mind to the
novel state of things then taking place in America. It includes the
opinions of eminent vnriters on various republics of the world.
" This work is not, as its title states, a defence of the American
Constitution, but a warm defence of the Constitution of Great
Britain. It is the best anti-democratic treatise that we have seen;
for Dr. Adams appears to dread that that is the extreme to which his
countrymen will naturally lean, and he has exerted his best endeavors
to obviate the evil." — Monthly Review.
5 Adams. Letters of John Adams, addressed to his Wife,
edited by his grandson, Charles Francis Adams. Por-
trait. i6mo, cloth, uncut. Boston, 1841
6 Adams. Letters of Mrs. Adams, the wife of John Adams.
With an Introductory Memoir by her grandson. Portrait
and facsimile. i6mo, half calf, gilt. Boston, 1848
Scarce.
7 Addison. Works. A New Edition, with Notes by Richard
HuRD, D.D., Lord Bishop of Worcester. Fine portrait.
6 vols, royal 8vo, calf, gilt, marbled edges.
London, Cadell and Davies, 1811
Large paper. ' ' We own that the humor of Addison is, in our
opinion, of a more delicious flavor than the humor of either Swift or
Voltaire. ' ' — M acaulay .
8 Addison. Life of Joseph Addison, by Lucy Aikin. Por-
trait. 2 vols, crown 8vo, half calf, gilt. London, 1843
" As a literary biography it is a model ; and its pages are besides
enriched by many hitherto unpublished letters of Addison." — London
Athenaum.
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9 Addison (Joseph). Works complete of the late Right
Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. With a complete
Index. Baskerville's beautiful Edition, in large
TY's%, portrait and engravings by Grignioh, from Hayman's
designs. 4 vols, royal 4to, calf, gilt, rebacked.
Birmingham, 1761
The most sumptuous edition of Addison ever published. It com-
prises the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Freeholder, Travels, Plays,
Poems, etc. Copies of works printed by Baskerville are rarely found
free from stains. The above copy is exceptionally so.
" He who hath the Baskerville edition hath a good and even a
glorious performance. It is pleasant (and, of course, profitable) to
turn over the pages of these lovely tomes at one's Tusculum, on a
day of oppression from heat or of confinement from rain." — Dibdin.
10 Addisoniana. [A Collection of Anecdotes and Facts con-
nected with the Life of Joseph Addison, by Sir Richard
Phillips.] Portraits and facsimile letters. 2 vols. lamo,
half calf, gilt. London, [1804]
Full of interesting matter.
1 1 ^sop. Select Fables of, and other Fabulists, in Three Books.
Numerous plates. 8vo, calf gilt, citron edges.
Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761
Remarkably fine copy of this rare and beautiful book. Perfectly
tree from stains and with brilliant impressions of the plates.
12 ^sop. Fables of. With full-page illustrations by Henry
Stephens, lithographed in tint by Julius Bien. 4to, cloth,
bevelled sides, gilt edges. N. Y., Scribner, 1868
Large paper, with proof before letters impressions of the
plates.
Mr. Stephens has no superior in the pecuhar style of illustration
which is most effective in bringing out the spirit of .i^Lsop's Fables,
and in this volume he has given us full-page cartoons, brimming with
droll humor, reciting the Fables over again, and enforcing their morals
just as effectively as was done by the words of .(Esop himself. The
illustrations are among the finest specimens of art ever produced in
this country, and the volume as a whole is most creditable to American
artistic skill.
13 ^sop. Fables, with Life of the Author. One hundred and
eleven fine engravings on wood from designs by Herrick.
i2mo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1865
Riverside and first edition.
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14 Agincourt (Seroux d'). The History of Art by its Monu-
ments, from its Decline in the Fourth Century, to its Res-
toration in the Sixteenth Century. Translated from the
French by Owen Jones. With 3,835 Subjects on 328
plates of Architecture, Sculpture and Fainting. 3 vols, in i,
foho, half red morocco, uncut. London, 1850
The division of this grand work is into three parts : I. Architecture,
73 plates; II. Sculpture, 51 plates; III. Painting, 101^ plates. To
Antiquaries and lovers of the Fine Arts, this work is indispensable ;
it connects the works of Winckelmann and Cicognara, and forms
with them a most interesting series.
"This fine work was the first in which the idea of exhibiting the
Progress of Art, by a series of its noblest monuments, was perfectly
carried out. By a series of accurate Engravings from celebrated
Monuments, we trace the transitions of Art from the classic period
to our own times. Sculpture, Painting, the Art of Illumination, and
the Art of Engraving on Wood, on Gems, and on Medals are similarly
represented. It is a work that has long been sought and prized by
all who could afford the high price at which only it was to be pro-
cured. No Library, Architect, Painter, Sculptor, or any one connected
with the Fine Arts, should be vdthout such a work." — Quaritch.
15 AiKiN (Lucy). Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth,
portrait, 2 vols., 1819 ; Memoirs of the Court of Charles
\., portrait, 2 vols., 1833; Memoirs of the Court of James
I., portraits, 2 vols., 1822. Together 6 vols. 8vo, yellow
calf gilt, marbled edges. London, 1819-33
This lady has delineated with a graceful pen some of the most inter-
esting periods of English History.
16 Alden (Rev. Timothy, A.M.). Collection of American
Epitaphs and Inscriptions, with occasional Notes. Four
portraits and vignette engraved title. 5 vols. i6mo, yellow
calf gilt, edges gilt. N. Y., 18 14
Rare and a beautiful copy of the only extensive series of American
epitaphs. The Menzies copy brought I4.25 per vol. and is not
described as possessing the portraits.
17 Aldine British Poets. Pickering's Beautiful Aldine
Edition. With Memoirs and Notes, by Sir Harris
Nicolas, J. Mitford, A. Dyce, and others. Elegantly
printed by Whittingham, with portraits. 53 vols. fcap. 8vo
elegantly bound by Riviere in crushed sage morocco
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extra, gilt, with the Aldine anchor and dolphin on the sides
and gilt edges on marble. London, Pickering, 1830-53
The above is a superb set, with the three-volume Burns, which is
not usually included.
This is admitted to be the most beautiful and valuable edition of
the Poets ever printed, containing many pieces of each author never
before published. It comprises the following : — I. Akenside, 1845 ;
II. Beattie, 1853; III. Bums, 3 vols., 1839 ; IV Butler, 2 vols., 1835;
V. Chaucer, 6 vols., 1852; VI. Churchill, 3 vols., 1844 ; VII. Cowper, 3
vols., 1851 ; VIII. Collins, 1853 I IX. Dryden, 5 vols., 1852 ; X. Fal-
coner, 1836 ; XI. Goldsmith, 1853 ; XII. Gray, 1853; XIII. Howard,
1831 ; XIV. Milton, 3 vols., 1852 ; XV. Pamell, 1852 ; XVI. Pope, 3
vols., 1852; XVII. Prior, 2 vols., 1835; XVIII. Shakespeare, 1853;
XIX. Spenser, 5 vols., 1852 ; XX. Swift, 3 vols., 1853 ; XXI. Thom-
son, 2 vols.,- 1847; XXII. White, 1830; XXIII. Wyatt, 1831 ; and
XXIV. Young, 2 vols., 1852.
18 Alison (Sir Archibald). History of Europe, with the
Continuation to 1852, and Index. With fine portraits,
23 vols. 8vo, and the Library Atlas. Together 24 vols.
8vo and 4to, calf gilt, marbled edges. London, v. d.
Best Library edition, printed in large type.
"An extraordinary work, which has earned for itself a lasting place
in the literature of the country, and within a few years found in-
numerable readers in every part of the globe. There is no book
extant that treats so well of the period to the illustration of which
Mr. Alison's labors have been devoted. It exhibits great knowledge,
patient research, indefatigable industry, and vast power." — London
Times.
19 Allen (George). Life of Philidor, Musician and Chess
Player. 8vo, boards, gilt top, other edges uncut.
Phila., 1863
A handsome large paper copy on tinted paper. The real name
of "Philidor" was Frangois Andre Damian.
20 Allen (Thomas). Lambeth, History and Antiquities of the
Parish of, and of the Archiepiscopal Palace, with Biographies,
Genealogies, etc. Numerous engravings, some colored fac-
similes, pedigrees, plans, etc. Royal 8vo, half calf, gilt.
London, 1826
Of great interest to the genealogist and antiquary.
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21 American Almanac (The), and Repository of Useful
Knowledge for the Years 1830 to 1861 inclusive. To-
gether 32 vols, in 16. i2mo, uniform half morocco.
Boston, 1830-61
Sets as complete as the above are of rare occurrence.
' ' This valuable work, which is, in fact, a compendious annual reg-
ister, terminated in 1862, is well worthy of being preserved as a book
of reference. It was succeeded by the National Almanac." — Sabin's
Dictionary.
22 American Bibliopolist. Complete from its commencement
in 1869 to April, 1877 [since which time it has not been
issued]. 9 vols, in 8, half morocco, uncut. N. Y., 1869-77
This magazine contains valuable information respecting Sales of
Books at Auction, Literary Discussions, etc It was edited by the
late Joseph Sabin, his son Joseph F. Sabin, Henry B. Bult and Charles
Sotheran.
23 Ames (Fisher). Works of. With a Selection from his
Speeches, and Correspondence edited by his Son, Seth
Ames. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, polished calf, gilt, marbled
edges. Boston, 1854
An elegant copy, bound by Riviere.
"It is a. very substantial addition to the political literature of the
country." — Bryant.
24 Amory (Thomas, Gent.). The Life of John Buncle, Esq.
A New Edition. 3 vols, crown 8vo, half calf gilt, sprinkled
edges. London, 1825
Large paper, " The soul of Rabelais passed into Thomas
Amory. " — Hazlitt.
"This amusing and singular work is a sort of sketch of his own
[Amory's] life." — Lowndes.
25 Ancient Ballads. A Collection of Seventy-Nine Black
Letter Ballads and Broadsides, Printed in the Reign of
Queen Elizabeth between the Years 1559 and 1597, accom-
panied with an Introduction and Illustrative Notes. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, Joseph Lilly, 1867
Uncut copy printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press.
This is a reprint of the famous collection of rare Ballads belonging
to the late Mr. G. Daniel, of Canonbury, and which was sold by auc-
tion for upwards of ;^700.
' ' It may be confidently asserted that the present collection is not
less interesting and is certainly much more curious than any that have
preceded it, illustrating as it does the Language, Opinions, Manners
Usages, the Feelings and passing Events of the greater part of the
Reign of Queen Elizabeth."
" I love a Ballad in Print." — Shakespeare.
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26 ANDRii. Life and Career of Major John Andrb, by Win-
THROP Sargent. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
Boston, 1 86 1
Large paper copy, of which 75 copies only were printed, at the
Riverside Press. Very Scarce.
" He (Andre) was more unfortunate than criminal, and as there was
much in his character to interest while we yielded to the necessity of
vigor, we could not but lament it." — Washington.
27 Angelo (Michael). Life of, by Herman Grimm, Translated
with the Author's Sanction by Fanny Elizabeth Bun-
nett. Portrait on India Paper and numerous full-page
illustrations. 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth, uncut.
Boston, Little, Brown 6^ Co., 1866
Large paper. No. 46 of " fifty copies printed," and with the
extra plates only to be found in those copies.
28 Anne of Brittany. Illuminated Calendar and Home
Diary for 1845. Copied from the Hours of Anne of Brit-
tany. Printed in gold and colors by Owen Jones. Im-
perial 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. London, 1845
Unique. This beautiful volume contains large designs illustrating
the manners of the 15th Century, with flower borders copied from the
same MS., with the figure subjects colored by hand.
A superbly executed facsimile of illuminated work in this most nota-
ble manuscript, executed for Anne, Duchess of Brittany, consort of
Louis XII. of France. For a full and detailed description of the
original MS. see Dibdin's "Tour on the Continent," Vol. II., pp.
i8i-2or.
Up to the early part of 1880 any data tending to indicate the name
of the artist was unknown, but the following notice from " Le Livre,"
of December, 1880, would appear to settle the matter in favor of Jean
Bourdichon:
' ' Tout le monde connatt de reputation les celibres ' Heures d'Anne
de Bretagne ' que posside notre biblioth^que Nationale, on en a vu
soit I'original, soit la remarquable reproduction editee par Curmer. La
question de Tattribution des miniatures merveilleuses que ce manuscrit
contient n'avait pas encore ete elucidee. Ce probleme, qui a passionne
tant d'erudits, vient d'etre resolu par la decouverte d'un document que
vient de faire un bibliophile Lyonnais, M. Andre Steyert. C'est un
mandat original portant ordre au tresorier general de finance de la
reine de payer k Jean Bourdichon, peintre at valet de chambre du roi,
la somme de mille et cinquante hvres ou six cents ecus d'or pour
' avoir richement et somptueusement historie et enlumine unes grans
heures pour nostre usaige et service, ovr il a mys et employe grant
temps.' II est date du 14 1507 (O. S.) signe Anne et
contresigne Deforest."
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29 Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, containing a
Series of Elegant Views of the most Interesting Objects of
Curiosity in Great Britain, accompanied with Letter-Press
Descriptions. 10 vols, in 5. 8vo, red morocco elegant,
gilt edges. London, 1807
Large paper. A Fine copy.
30 [Apperly (Charles James)]. Horse and Hound, their
Various Uses and Treatment, etc. By Nimrod. Steel
plates and cuts. 8vo, cloth. Edinburgh, 1843
Nimrod is " a popular writer on sporting subjects." — Allibone.
31 Apuleius. Metamorphoses. A Romance of the Second
Century. Translated by Sir George Head. Crown 8vo,
half calf. London, 185 1
"The romance of the 'Golden Ass,' which contains the beautiful
tale of Cupid and Psyche, remains unrivaled." — D'Israeli.
32 Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Knight's Original
Pictorial Edition. Translated with Copious Notes by
E. W. Lane. Many hundred beautiful engravings by Will-
iams, Jackson, Landells, etc., from designs by William
Harvey. 3 vols, royal 8vo, cloth, top edges gilt, others
uncut. London, C. Knight, 1839-41
Very scarce. A fine copy of the original edition, with most brill-
iant impressions of the cuts.
' ' The Notes of Mr. Lane throw more light upon the mystery of
Arab life than perhaps all other works in the language." — Athenaum.
33 Archaica and Heliconia, containing Reprints of Rare Old
English Pieces of Prose and Poetry. Edited by Park,
Sir Egerton Brydges and Haslewood. Vignette titles.
S vols. 4to, complete, tree marble calf extra gilt, edges gilt
on marble by Riviere. London, 1814-15
Very scarce. Only 200 copies of the "Archaica'' were privately
printed, and by Longmans, at ;f 25 3s. the set in boards. Contents: —
Greene's Philomela, 1615 ; Greene's Arcadia, 1616 ; Southwell's
Triumphs Over Death, 1596; Breton's Characters upon Essays, Moral
and Divine, 1615; and his Good and the Bad, i6i6; Nash's Christ's
Tears over Jerusalem, 1613; Harvey's Four Letters, and certain Son-
nets, especially touching Robert Greene, 1592; Harvey's Pierce's Super-
erogation (with Notes), 1593; New Letter of Notable Contents, 1593;
Brathwayt's Essays upon the Five Senses, with one upon Detraction;
Christian Resolves and Divine Contemplations, 1625.
But 150 copies of the ' ' Heliconia " were printed, and at $75, unbound.
Contents: — Vol. I., Breton's Small Handful of Fragprant Flowers;
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Proctor's Gorgeous Gallery of Gallant Inventions; Breton's Flourish
upon Fancie. Vol. II., HandefuU of Pleasant Delites, edited by C.
Robinson; Whitstone's Life and Death of Francis, Earl of Bedford;
Phoenix Nest, edited by R. S. ; Barnes' Spirituall Sonnets; Spirituall
Sonnets, by H. C; Churchyard's Funeral of Sir F. Knowles; Storers'
Life and Death of Cardinal Woolsey. Vol. III., England's Pamassuso,
edited by Robert Abbott ; Churchyard's Goodwill ; Sad and Heavy
Verses for the Loss of Archbishop Whitgift, by Churchyard.
34 Ariosto (Ludovico). The Orlando Furioso. Translated
into English Verse. With Notes by W. Stewart Rose.
8 vols. 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut.
London, John Murray, 1823
Large paper. A faithful and spirited translation.
In point of poetic adornment the Oriando is at once rich and original;
Ariosto is as much superior to Tasso in native genius as he is inferior
to him in skill of constructive art.
35 Aristotle. Works of. Translated from the Greek. With
Copious Elucidations from the Best of His Greek Com-
mentators, viz.: Alexander Aprodisiensis, Syrianus,
Ammonius Herm^as, Priscianus, Olympiodorus, Sim-
PLicius, etc. By Thomas Taylor ; with Dissertation by
the same on the Philosophy of Aristotle. Together lo
vols. Royal 4to, uniform russia extra gilt, marbled edges.
Y^OTiAon, printed for the author and translator, 1807-12
Very rare, being the sole existing complete translation of Aristotle
into English. Only 50 copies were printed of any size, and at the ex-
pense of Wm. Meredith. The above is a remarkably fine copy, and,
with the exception of one bought for the Brown University some fif-
teen years ago for $i6o, it is the only one Mr. Famum has ever seen
or heard of being offered for sale in America.
"Aristotle's Works, translated by Thomas Taylor, in ten quartos,
forms, according to Brunet, the only uniform edition of Aristotle's
complete works in any language." — HORATio Rogers.
The ten volumes are divided as follows :
I . , The Organon, with Elucidations of Ammonius and Simplicius,
1807. II , Rhetoric, Poetic and Nicomachean Ethics, 1811. III.,
Great and Eudemiam Ethics, Politics and Economics, 1811. IV.,
Physics or Physical Auscultation, with Notes of Simplicius, 1806. V.,
Treatises on the Heavens, Generation, Corruption and Meteors, 1807.
VI., History of Animals and Treatise on Physiognomy, 1809. VII.,
Parts and Motion of Animals, Problems, Indivisible Lines, Arithmetic of
Infinites, 1810. VIII., Treatise on the Soul, Sense, Sensible Memory,
Reminiscence, etc., 1808. IX., Metaphysics; Treatises against Xeno-
phanes. Mechanical Problems, etc. (second edition), 1812. X., Tay-
lor's Dissertation on the Philosophy of Aristotle, 1812.
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36 Arnold (Thomas). History of Rome, 3 vols, in 2; and
Later Roman Commonwealth. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth.
N. Y., 1846
"As a writer, Dr. Arnold [of Rugby School] was remarkable for
vigorous thought, clearness of expression and purity of style."— Gentle-
man's Magazine.
37 Arnold (Matthew, son of the preceding). God and the Bible.
i6mo, cloth. Boston, 1876
A review of objections to his " Literature and Dogma."
38 Arnold (Edwin). Light of Asia. i6mo, cloth, uncut.
Boston, 1879
The life and teachings of the founder of Buddhism told in verse from
the standpoint of an Indian Buddhist.
39 Arnold (S. G.). History of the State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations. Large maps. 2 vols. 8vo, half
divinity calf, marbled sides and red edges. N. Y., 1859-60
"The accurate treatment by the author of the results of patient
research, his impartiality and love of truth, and the patriotic spirit
which animated the whole work, have won for him an honorable place
among American historical writers. While he seemed to be less studious
of adorning his theme with the graces of composition, or of enriching
it with carefully wrought pictures of characters and events, he never
failed to impress its lessons upon his readers with clearness, force and
earnestness — those commanding qualities ' which produce conviction '
in all effective speech, whether of the pen or of the tongue. He made
the work what he designed it to be, an authentic history, ' a standard
authority upon the subject and period of which it treats. ' " — Providence
Journal,
40 Arthur of Little Britain. History of that Valiant
Knight, Arthur of Little Britain. A Romance of Chiv-
alry. Translated by Lord Berners. New edition.
With a series of plates in outline, by Heath, of illuminated
drawings from an ancient MS of the Original Romarue.
4to, cloth, uncut (binding broken). London, 1814
Very rare. Large paper, and only 25 copies printed. The
above copy has the exquisite illuminations, COLORED BY HAND, AND
heightened by metals. The work was edited from the extremely rare
original edition [printed by Robert Redbourne, the sole production of
his press, and without date] by E. V. Utterson, who used extraordin-
ary diligence in tracing out the name of the original writer of the
Romance, the time of its composition, and other much-wishedfor
particulars.
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41 Arthur. Morte cI'Arthur. The Byrth, Lyf and Actes
of Kyng Arthur, of his Knyghtes of the Rounde Table,
theyr mervyllous Enquestes and Adventures, and in the
end " Le Morte Darthur," with Introduction and Notes by
R. SouTHEY. Exquisite woodcut initials. 2 vols, royal
4to, half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut.
London, Caxtoft, 1485; reprinted i?)!"]
Large paper. A fine copy.
" Indisputably the best prose Romance the language can boast.'"
' ' This worlc contains a short abridgment of the most celebrated
adventures of the Round Table ; and, being written in comparatively
modem language, gives the general reader an excellent idea of what
romances of chivalry actually were." — SIR Walter Scott.
42 Arvine (Hazlitt, A. M.). Cyclopaedia of Anecdotes of
Literature and the Fine Arts. With numerous illustrations.
Royal 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1859
Contains a copious and choice selection of anecdotes of the various
forms of literature, of the arts, of architecture, engravings, music,
poetry, painting and sculpture, and of the most celebrated literary char-
acters and artists of different countries and ages, etc.
43 Arundines Cami sive Musarum Cantabrigiensium Lusus
Canori CoUegit atque edidit Henricus Drury, A.M.
Editio quarta. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Cambridge, 1851
With carmine borders, initial letters, rubricated title, etc.
44 AsCHAM (Roger). Whole Works, now first collected and
revised, with Life by Dr. Giles. 4 vols, crown Svo, cloth,
uncut. London, Russell Smith, 1865
Large paper copy. ' ' Ascham is a great name in our national
literature. He was one of the first founders of a true English
style in prose composition, and one of the most respectable and
useful of our scholars." — Retrospective Review.
45 Astle (Thos.). Origin and Progress of Writing, as well
Hieroglyphic as Elementary, with some Account of the
Origin and Progress of Printing. With portrait and
numerous engravings taken from Marbles, MSS. and Char-
ters ancient and modern, s,oiin coi.O'b.^J). Royal folio. Ele-
gantly bound in splendid calf extra gilt, edges gilt, by
Clarke & Bedford. London, T. Bensley, 1803
Large paper.- Only 100 printed. A very fine copy of the second
and best edition, with additions. Sir M. M. Sykes's copy sold for
;f4 4S.
' ' The completest work on the subject of writing, extant, in this or
any other language." — Lowndes,
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46 Aubrey (John). Miscellanies upon Various Subjects. Por-
trait. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1857
A most amusing collection of Fatalities, Omens, Dreams, Appa-
ritions, Spirit-Rappings, Prophecies, Magic Visions, Converse with
Angels and Spirits, Second Sight, Ecstasy, etc.
47 Audubon (J. J.). The Birds of America, from Drawings
made in the United States and their Territories. By John
James Audubon. With the complete series of colored plates.
7 vols, royal Svo, half blue morocco, uncut.
N. Y., J. J. Audubon, 1840-44
Original subscription edition. For the beauty and perfection
of its plates this beautiful original edition is beyond any comparison
with the more modern issues. A fine clean copy.
" These are works with which critics have not much to do ; or with
respect to which they can only discharge that part of their duty which
is generally thought to give the least pleasure — we mean praise. No
one can see these splendid drawings, and compare them with ordinary
illustrations of natural history, in which animals appear as spiritless as
if they had been sitting for their portraits, without admiring his taste
and skill." — North American Review.
48 Audubon and Bachman (J.). The Quadrupeds of North
America, by J. J. Audubon and the Rev. John Bach-
man, D.D. Colored plates. 3 vols, imperial Svo, half
green morocco, uncut (title-page of Vol. 2 lacking).
N. Y., J. J. Audubon, 1852-54
An elegant copy of Audubon's ow^N original edition in which the
plates are incomparably superior to those in Lockwood's re-issue. A
most beautiful and interesting work, the engravings exhibiting, in most
instances, two or more figures (male and female) in the most life-like
attitudes, with their young, prey, &c., the entire plate colored, with
views of their favorite haunts and localities.
49 Austin (John). Lectures on Jurisprudence, or the Philoso-
phy of Positive Law. Third edition, revised and edited
by Robert Campbell. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Murray, 1869
" One of the most valuable contributions to the philosophy of law
and legislation that has been produced in modern times, and entitles
the author to rank with Hooper and Montesquieu." — Marvin.
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50 Autograph Leaves of Our Country's Authors. Vignette
title and views and over 200 pages of the facsimile handwrit-
ing of the best-known American authors. 4to, cloth gilt, top
gilt edge. Baltimore, 1864
Published in aid of the Sanitary Fair.
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ACON (Francis). (I.) Works. Collected and
Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie
Ellis and Douglas Denon Heath. Portraits
on India paper — the Arms of Bacon in gold
and colors on each title. 15 vols, half morocco, uncut,
Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1863. Also — (II.) Personal
History of Lord Bacon, from unpublished papers. By
Wm. Hepworth Dixon. Cloth, uncut. Together 16
vols. 8vo. Boston, 1861, and Cambridge, 1863
Large paper. Only 100 copies printed of the " Works " in 15 vols,
and 75 on large paper of the " Personal History." Very scarce in this
size. The finest production of the celebrated Riverside Press, and the
most beautiful example of American typography.
To posterity and distant ages, Bacon bequeathed his good name, and
posterity and distant ages will do him ample justice. Wisdom herself
has suffered in his disgrace, but year after year brings to light proof of
the arts that worked Bacon's downfall and covered his character with
obloquy.
52 Backus (Isaac). History of New England, with particular
reference to the denomination of Christians called Baptists.
Second edition, with Notes by David Weston. 2 vols.
8vo, half morocco. Newton, Mass., 1871
Complete sets of the original work, published 1777-96, are now rare.
The copy in the hbrary of Judge Greene sold for $75. Mr. Bancroft,
the historian, bears honorable testimony to the author's fidelity, con-
sidering his history, as to facts, more to be depended on than any of
the early histories of New England.
53 Baillie (Joanna). Dramas. A Series of Plays on the
Passions, each Passion being the subject of a Tragedy and
a Comedy. 3 vols. 8vo, yellow calf, gilt. London, 1836
Large paper and best edition.
" This may be said to form a sequel to the Plays on the Passions."
— Lowndes.
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54 Bain (Alexander, M.D.). The Senses and the Intellect,
third edition, 1868; and on the Study of Character, including
an Estimate of Phrenology, 1861. Together 2 vols. 8vo,
cloth, uncut.
By the learned author of " The Emotions and the Will."
55 Bancroft (George). History of the United States, from
the Discovery of the American Continent. Portraits on
India paper, and an inserted photo-Portrait. 10 vols, im-
perial 8vo, cloth, uncut. Boston, 1861-75
Large paper. Very scarce. 50 copies printed, 2 of which were
destroyed by the fire at C. B. Richardson's store, New York, September,
1864. The above is No. 11, with an original autograph letter of the
author in an envelope, also loose newspaper cuttings.
' ' His work is and must be the standard history of the country, and
as such should reach every family, and be studied by every person who
would be acquainted with the events of our past existence." — New
Haven Journal.
56 Bancroft. The Same. Vols, i and 2. Portrait. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. Boston, 1834-37
Very scarce and original edition.
57 Bancroft. History of the Formation of the Constitution
of the United States. 2 vols. 8vo. N. Y., 1882
' ' The American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck
off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." — Gladstone.
58 Barclay (J. T., M.D.). City of the Great King; or
Jerusalem as It Is and It is to Be. Portrait and numerous
illustrations, many full paged and colored. Royal 8vo, cloth
Phila., 1858
This volume, by an author who was a missionary at Jerusalem for
three and a half years, AUibone says, is "a reliable work — highly com-
mended."
59 [Barham (Rev. R. H.).] Ingoldsby Legends ; or Mirth
and Marvel, by Thomas iNGOLDSBy, Esq., with Notes In-
troductory and Illustrative by R. H. Dalton Barham.
With humorous plates by Cruikshank and Leech. 2 vols.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Bentley, 1870
Library Edition. " For originality of design and diction, for quaint
illustration and musical verse, they are not surpassed in the English
language. . . . From the days of Hudibras to our time, the
drollery invested in rhymes has never been so amply or felicitously
exemplified."
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60 Baring-Gould (S.). The Book of Were Wolves. Frontis-
piece. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1865
An account of a terrible superstition.
61 Barrow (J.). Life of Peter the Great. Illustrated. i6mo,
cloth, bevelled sides, gilt edges. London, n. d.
Interesting in these Nihilistic times.
62 Barlow (Joel). The Columbiad : a Poem. Beautiful
Portrait of Barlow, and numerous plates by Smirke,
engraved by Heath, Bromley, etc. Thick 4to, calf extra,
marbled edges. Phila., 1807
Fine copy of the first edition From the Libraries of E. B. Cor-
win and Rufus Choate. The earliest attempt at an American epic. It
was printed at the expense of Robert Fulton, to whom it was dedicated.
The above was a new edition, with great alterations of the ' ' Vision of
Columbus," beautifully printed, and illustrated with eleven fine engrav-
ings from Smirke's designs.
" The Columbiad made its appearance in the most magnificent
volume which had ever been published in America." — Allibone.
63 Bartlett (John Russell, the distinguished bibliographer, and
ex-Secretary of State of Rhode Island). Personal Narrative
of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico,
California, Sonora and Chihuahua. Map and plates. 2
vols. 8vo, half morocco, gilt. N. Y., 1854
" This work of Mr. Bartlett is replete with interest from the manner
in which he has jotted down his observations. The style is simple and
unpretending, and all the more graphic and attractive on that ac-
count." — N. Y. Knickerbocker.
64 Bartlett. Dictionary of Americanisms : a Glossary of
Words and Phrases usually regarded as Peculiar to the
United States. Royal 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1859
Second edition. Greatly improved and enlarged.
65 Bartlett (W. H.). Walks about Jerusalem and its En-
virons. With beautiful steel engravings, plans, and numerous
woodcuts. Thick impl. 8vo, half green morocco gilt, edges
gilt. London, George Virtue, n. d.
An early edition, with good impressions of the plates.
66 Bayard. The very Joyous and Pleasant History of his
Feats, Exploits, Triumphs, and Achievements of the Good
Knight, without Fear and without Reproach, the gentle
Lord de Bayard. Set forth into English by Edward
CocKBURN. Frontispiece, and printed in the old style by
Whittingham. Small 4to, polished calf extra, top edge
gilt, others uncut. London, 1848
Scarce. A fine example of Chiswick Press typography.
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67 Bayle (Peter). The Dictionary, Historical and
Critical, of Mr. Peter Bayle. [Translated into English,
with many additions and corrections made by the Author
himself that are not in the French editions.] Second edi-
tion, with Life by Des Maizeaux. Portrait. 5 vols, folio,
calf, rebacked (title of Vol. 3 lacking). London, 1734-38
Best edition. " Bayle's Dictionary is, as a cornucopia of flowers,
bright, blooming, and captivating." — Dibdin.
" His Critical Dictionary is a vast repository of facts and opinions."
— Gibbon.
" He was the only man who ever collected with so much judgment
and wrote with so much spirit at the same time." — Pope.
68 Bay Psalm Book. A Literal Reprint of the Bay Psalm
Book, the earliest New England version of the Psalms, and
the first book printed in the United States, Cambridge,
for C. B. Richardson, 1862 ; and being — The Whole
Booke of Psalmes faithfully translated into English Metre.
Whereunto is prefixed a discourse not only the lawfulness,
but also the necessity of the heavenly Ordinance of sing-
ing Scripture Psalmes in the Churches of God. Imprinted
1640. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
Cambridge, printed for Charles B. Richardson, 1862
Very rare. Of this reprint but 50 copies were printed for sub-
scribers, and ONLY FIVE on the heavy tinted paper, of which the
above is one.
The original edition was printed at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in
1640, but six perfect copies of which are known. It was the first book
printed in North America. The most recent sale of a copy was that
in the collection of the late C. Fiske Harris, of Providence, which was
sold for $1,500 at the auction rooms of Geo. A. Leavitt & Co., Clinton
Hall, Astor Place, N. Y.
69 Beaumont and Fletcher. Dramatic Works, with Notes
and Biographical Memoir by the Rev. A. Dyce. Portraits.
II vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1843
Best Edition. One of the best edited works of modem times.
" Beaumont and Fletcher are lyrical and descriptive poets of the first
order ; there is hardly a passion, character, or situation which they
have not touched in their devious range, and whatever they touched,
they adorned with some new grace or striking feature ; they are mas-
ters of style and versification in almost every variety of melting modula-
tion or sounding pomp, of which they are capable in comic wit and
spirit, they are scarcely surpassed by any writers of any age." — Hazlitt,
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70 Becker (Prof. W. A.). Gallus or Roman Scenes of the Times
of Augustus, translated by Metcalfe; and Charicles —
Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks. Front,
and cuts. 2 vols. i2mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1853-54
71 Beckmann (John). History of Inventions and Discov-
eries, translated by William Johnston, enlarged. 4 vols.
8vo, calf. London, 18 14
Best edition of a very interesting and valuable work.
" This work is the result of the most extensive, varied and profound
research and learning." — McCuLLOCH.
72 Beckford (Wm.). Vathek. Vignette portrait. i6mo, cloth,
gilt edges. London, 1868
Printed at the Chiswick Press and verbatim from the first edition,
with the original prefaces and Notes by Healey.
The Tale of " Vathek, " originally written in French, and published
before the author had closed his twentieth year, has for more than half
a century continued in possession of all the celebrity which it at once
commanded. Vathek is, indeed, without reference to the time of life
when the author penned it, a very remarkable performance.
73 Behn (Aphra). Plays written by the Late Ingenious Mrs.
Behn. Portrait. 4 vols. i6mo, elegantly bound in calf gilt,
edges gilt. London, 1724
Very scarce. Third (and best) edition.
" Mrs. Behn was a woman of so celebrated a fame while she lived,
and so esteemed, that to give a perfect draught of her, one must write
like her." — Charles Gibbon.
" She has been accused, and that not without great justice, of inter-
larding her comedies with the most indecent scenes, and giving in-
dulgence in her wit to the most indelicate expressions. The best and
perhaps the only true excuse that can be made for it is, .... as she
wrote for a livelihood, she was obliged to comply with the corrupt taste
of the times. And as she was a woman, and naturally, moreover, of
an amorous complexion, and wrote in an age and to a court of gallantry
and licentiousness, the latter circumstances, added to her necessities,
compelled her to indulge her audience in their favorite depravity ; and
the former, assisted by a rapid flow of wit and vivacity, enabled her so
to do ; so that both together have given her plays the loose cast which
it is but too apparent they possess. "
74 Bell (J., of Antermony). Travels in Russia and Asia, includ-
ing Persia, China, Siberia, &c. Finely printed by YovLVi. 2
vols. 4to, calf. Glasgow, 1763
Best edition. "The best model of travel- writing in the English
language. " — Quarterly Review.
This copy of Bell's " Travels," which Dibdin justly eulogizes, for-
merly belonged to Edward Gibbon, the historian, and has his armoria
book-plates. It is very scarce.
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75 Beloe (Rev. William). Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce
Books. 6 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt, top edges gilt, others
uncut. London, 1808-14
Scarce. "A work containing much bibliographical information,
and extracts from scarce books." — Lowndes.
' ' A valuable storehouse of bibliographical matter. The bibliographer
should not fail to secure <t copy when the chance occurs, which is
seldom. " — Allibone.
76 [Beloe.J Sexagenarian ; or, the Recollections of a Lit-
erary Life. 2 vols. Svo, calf gilt. London, 1817
First Edition with all the virulent passages, and superior to the second,
in which his caustic, ' ' malignant " and objectionable criticisms were
suppressed.
The above copy has many manuscript explanatory notes .
77 [Beloe ««(/ Parr]. Bellendenus. A Free Translation of
the Preface to Bellendenus; containing animated strictures
on the great political characters of the present time. With
inserted plates and cuttings. 8vo, half calf. London, 1788
Very scarce. This celebrated preface, written by Dr. Parr and
translated by Rev. Wm. Beloe, gave rise to a series of political tracts.
Rare portraits of Fox, Burke and North, also two caricatures by Gillray
are inserted, making the above an unique copy.
78 Bewick (T. and J.). Select Fables, with cuts designed and
engraved by Thomas ««</ John Bewick, and others, together
with a Memoir and Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of
Messrs. Bewick. 8vo, calf, gilt. Newcastle, 1820
A Fine copy. Very good Impressions of the cuts, which include
some of the best work of the famous Bewicks .
All the various works published, of the eminent wood engravers,
Thomas and John Bewick, are now very scarce. In the beautiful and
spirited drawing of their cuts, they have never been excelled.
79 Bewick (T.). Memoirs, written by himself, and including
his hitherto unpublished Work on British Fishes. With
numerous beautiful woodcuts by this inimitable Artist. Svo,
half green morocco, gilt top edge.
Newcastle-on-Tyne and London, 1862
This volume forms an indispensable accompaniment to the "Quadru-
peds ■' and " Birds "; the woodcuts are executed in the same masterly
style, and some humourous vig^nettes are also added. It is highly inter-
esting and contains the last engraving executed by Bewick.
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80 Bewick Collector (The). A Descriptive Catalogue of the
Works of Thomas and John Bewick, including cuts, in
various states, for hooks and pamphlets, private gentlemen,
public companies, newspapers, etc. — With an Appendix of
Portraits, Autographs, etc. The whole described from the
originals, contained in the collection of T. Hugo, M.A.
Illustrated by upwards of 112 cuts. Imperial 8vo, cloth.
London, 1866
Large paper. Only 100 copies printed. An elaborate Descriptive
List of the most complete collection yet formed of the works of the
renowned Wood Engravers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
81 Bewick (T.). A General History of Quadrupeds, with the
figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Imperial 8vo,
russia elegant, marbled edges. Newcastle, 1800
Largest paper, very scarce in this state and first edition of this
size. A splendid copy of the fourth and best edition, of which 230
copies only were printed.
82 Bewick. Vignettes. A Collection of Woodcuts by Thomas
Bewick, all proofs on India Paper, with portrait of
the celebrated engraver by Burnet after Ramsay.
Mounted and bound in one vol. 4to, half morocco, and
lettered " Bewick's Vignettes, India Proofs."
An unique collection of India Proofs of many of the best works of
this distinguished " Father of the Art."
83 Bentham (Jeremy). Works. Published under the Super-
intendence of his Executor, John Bowring. ii vols. 8vo,
cloth. Edinburgh, 1843
Best edition and published at ;£■$ 5s.
' ' Dr. Parr considered Jeremy Bentham as the wisest man of his time,
whose powerful and penetrating mind had anticipated the improve-
ments of coming ages." — Field.
" In the phrase, 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number,' I
then saw delineated for the first time (in Priestly's pamphlet) a plain
as well as a true standard for whatever is right or wrong, useful, useless,
or mischievous in htmian conduct, whether in the field of morals or
politics." — Bentham.
84 Beowulf. Anglo-Saxon Poems of the Scop or Gleeman's
Tale, and the Fight at Finnesburg, with a literal Transla-
tion, Notes, Glossary, etc., by B. Thorpe. Post 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1855
The translator Benjamin Thorpe was one of the most eminent Anglo-
Saxon scholars in England.
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85 Beowulf, an Epic Poem. Translated from the Anglo-Saxon
into English Verse by A. Diedrich Wacherbarth, A.B.
Fcap, 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, W. Pickering, 1849
Printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick.
86 Berjeau (J. Ph.). Catalogue Illustre des Livres Xylogra-
phiques. Facsimiles. 8vo, half crushed morocco, uncut, top
edge gilt, others uncut. Londres, 1865
No. 63 of a limited edition of 105 copies of this choice bibliographical
work.
87 Berjeau. Early Dutch, German and English Printers'
Marks. With Indices of Printers, Towns and Books. 100
plates. Royal 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others un-
cut, Roxburghe style. London, Rascol, 1866
" 250 copies only. Finished March 1869."
88 Berjeau. Le Bibliophile Illustre par J. Ph. Berjeau. Jan.,
'63 — Dec , '63, and Jan., '65. Facsimile illustrations. 8vo,
half Roxburghe, top edge gilt. Londres, 1867
" 2de. S^rie." {i. c, Nos. 13 to 25.)
89 Berkeley, by A. C. Eraser. Portraits. i6mo, cloth.
Phila., 188 1
90 BiBLiA Pauperum, reproduced in facsimile from one of the
copies in the British Museum, with an Historical and Bib-
liographical Introduction, by J. Ph. Berjeau. Atlas 4to,
half bound. London, 1859
Only 250 copies printed.
" The woodcuts of the ' Biblia Pauperum,' evidently anterior to the
invention of printing and to the year 1440, are too well executed, and
a work of too great importance, to be considered as the first attempt
at wood-engraving. The figure of St . Christopher, bearing the date
of 1423, has long been considered as the first woodcut with a date.' —
Berjeau.
91 BiOGRAPHiA Dramatica; or, a Companion to the Playhouse;
containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original
Anecdotes of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, with
Account of the Rise and Progress of the British Stage.
4 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt. London, 181 2
Best edition greatly enlarged. Compiled by D. E. Baker, Isaac
Reed, and Stephen Jones. The original compiler of this work was
the grandson of Daniel Defoe. His mother was Sophia, Defoe's
youngest daughter.
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92 Blake (W.,pictor ignotus). Life of, with Selections from
his Poems, and other Writings, by A. Gilchrist. Exten-
sively illustrated frotn Blake's own Works in facsimile and
in Photolithography (including the whole of the Book of Job,
and Songs of Innocence), and with a few of Blake's original
plates. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1863
" Biography is by nature the most universally profitable, universally
pleasant of all things; especially biography of distinguished indivi-
duals. " — Carlyle.
93 Boccaccio. Decameron, or Ten Days' Entertainment — a
Revised Translation by W. K. Kelly. Portrait. Post 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1855
Mr. Kelly also translated Michelet, Ranke, Louis Blanc, etc.
94 Boeckh (Augustus). Public Economy of Athens; to which
is added a Dissertation on the Silver Mines of Laurion.
Translated by George Cornewall Lewis. 8vo, half
calf, gilt. London, 1842
Second edition, revised. Rufus Choate's copy, with his autograph
signature on the fly-leaf.
" A work of great research and value." — McCulloch.
95 BoETHius. King Alfred's Version of Boethius de Con-
solatione Philosophiae : with an English Translation and
Notes by J. S. Cardall. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, W. Pickering, 1829
With the Anglo-Saxon text and English translation on opposite pages.
96 BoLiNGBROKE (Viscount, Henry St. John). Works of, with
a Life Prepared Expressly for this Edition, containing
Additional Information Relative to his Personal and Public
Character, Selected from the Best Authorities. Portrait.
4 vols. 8vo, half morocco. Phila., 1841
Rufus Choate's copy, with his autograph signature on the fly-leaves.
Best edition and superior to that of the " Works," published by David
Mallett, to whom they were left as a legacy (according to Lowndes) for
traducing the memory of Alexander Pope.
97 Book of Common Prayer Pickering's Magnificent
Reprints and comprising the Seven various Editions
from Edward VI. to the Present Time, reprinted in Black
Letter at the Chiswick Press, like the originals, in black
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and red ink. Together 7 vols. Folio, full bound in purple
morocco, bevelled sides, gilt edges on red.
London, Pickering, 1844
This superb set published at £2% and of which only 200 were
printed, shows all the changes of the Prayer-Book of the Established
Church of England from that of Edward VI. to the present time. It
comprises the following editions: —
I. First Prayer-Book of Edward VI. Whitechurch, 1549
II. Second Prayer-Book of Edward VI. ib., 1552
III. First Prayer-Book of Q. Elizabeth Grafton, 1559
IV. K. James's Prayer-Book Barker, 1604
V. Scotch Prayer-Book of Charles I. (Laud's) 1637
VI. K. Charles II. Prayer-Book (Sealed Book) 1662
VII. Edition of 1662 adapted to the Present Reign 1844
The importance and value of this Series of the Liturgies of the
Church of England are well-known; but such is their rarity that in few
public or private libraries can the whole be found together.
98 Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sa-
craments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church ...
in the Confederate States of America; together with the
Psalter. ... i6mo, purple morocco, gilt edges.
Richmond [Virginia], /. W. Randolph, MDCCCLXIII.
In this edition, really printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, the
prayers for the President of the United States are altered to "The
President of the Confederate States." But, by a curious omission,
the prayer to be used at sea remains unchanged, and the Almighty is
asked to be a safeguard unto the United States. The greater part of
the edition was captured from the Anglo-Rebel blockade-runner Minna,
by the Government dispatch ship Circassian, off Wilmington, Dec. 6,
1863.
99 Book of St. Alean's, by Lady Juliana Berners, con-
taining the Treatises of Hawking, Hunting, Coat- Armor,
Fishing, and Biasing of Arms, as printed at Westminster,
by Wynkyn de Worde, i/^<)6, finely printed in Black Let-
ter, and embellished with facsimiles, colored by hand of
the large and curious old Woodcuts. 4to, antique calf, bev-
elled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut.
[Westminster, 1496] London, 1810
Unique. Very rare, only 150 copies printed. A matchless copy,
being entirely uncut and with cancelled leaves. This copy was colored
expressly for its owner by one of the best copjrists in the United
States and in a manner superior to that of the one used as a model.
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Only a very few copies were colored by hand and probably none
in the superior style to the above.
A "verbatim, literatim, et pnnctuatim reprint " under the editorial
care of Joseph Haslewood, who has prefixed a very copious and in
teresting Introduction, both Biographical and Bibhographical, full of
curious research.
Sir W. Tite's copy, which had been Eyton's, sold for £2^ loj. in
1874.
100 BoTTA (C). History of the War of the Independence of
the United States of America. Translated by George
Alexander Otis. Plates. 2 vols. 8vo, sheep.
Newhaven, 1838
One of the most impartial of all the histories of the American Revo-
lution.
loi BoYNTON (E. C). History of West Point, and its Military
Importance during the American Revolution: and the
Origin and Progress of the United States Military
Academy. By Captain Edward C. Boynton, A.M. 7
maps and 2^ plates. Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut.
N. Y., D. Van Nostrand, 1864
Large paper, one hundred copies only printed.
102 Bradford Club. The Publications of, comprising: —
I. Papers Concerning the Attack upon Hatfield and Deer-
field by a party of Indians from Canada September 19,
1677. [Edited by F. B. Hough.] Map. Half morocco.
N. Y., 1859
100 copies privately printed — Subscriber's Copy, No. 82.
II. Drake (Joseph Rodman) and Halleck (Fitz-Greene).
The Croakers. First Complete Edition. Portrait. Royal
8vo, sewed, uncut. N. Y., i860
Only 150 copies privately printed, of which above is "Subscriber's
Copy, No. 105." Added to the above is Index of Illustrations to Mr.
Irving Browne's copy.
III. Operations of the French Fleet under Count de
Grasse in 1781-82. As described in Two Contemporan-
eous Journals. [Edited by J. G. Shea.J Cloth, uncut.
N. Y., 1864
Unique. 150 copies printed, of which above is " Subscriber's Copy,
No. 22." In this volume are 10 plates inserted, including rare portraits
of De Grasse and representation of his surrender to Lord Rodney.
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IV. Murphy (Henry C.) Anthology of New Netherland,
or Translations from the early Dutch Poets of New York;
with Memoirs of their Lives, Portrait of Steendam and
facsimiles. Sewed, uncut. N. Y., 1865
75 copies printed privately, of which above is "Subscriber's Copy,
No. 59."
V. Soto (Hernando de). Narrative of the Career of, in
the Conquest of Florida, as told by a Knight of Elvas
and in a Relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma, Factor
of the Expedition. Translated by Buckingham Smith.
Portrait and map on India paper. Sewed, uncut.
N. Y., 1866
75 copies privately printed, of which above is " Subscriber's Copy,
No. 5g."
These narratives consist of a new translation of the Relaqion written
by one of the company of Portuguese knights and gentlemen who joined
in the expedition, covering a period from the time of their departure from
Elvas in 1538 to the arrival of the relics of the army at the City of
Mexico in 1543; and a first translation in English of the Relaqion of
Biedma, a Spanish oflScer, presented by him in the year 1544 to Charles
V. in Council.
VI. Northern Invasion of October, 1780. A series of
papers relating to the expeditions from Canada, under Sir
John Johnson and others, against the Frontiers of New
York, which were supposed to have had connection with
the treason of Arnold. Prepared from the original, by
Franklin B. Hough. With frontispiece. Sewed, uncut.
N. Y., 1866
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No. 59."
VII. Laurens. The Army Correspondence of Col. John
Laurens in the Years 1777 and 1778, now first printed
from original letters addressed to his father, Henry
Laurens, President of Congress; with a Memoir by Wm.
GiLMORE SIMMS. Portrait. Sewed, uncut. N.Y., 1867
75 copies privately printed for the Bradford Club, of which above is
" Subscriber's Copy, No. 59." Col. Laurens was introduced into the
military family of Washington in 1777. His varied accomplishments and
general intelligence secured for him the entire confidence of his Chief,
and he soon became his private secretary and trusted agent. His letters
were written during an exciting period of our Revolutionary History,
and with all the freedom of family intercourse. They contain vivid
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pictures of the events of that period — especially of the Battle of Mon-
mouth — and impart an inner view of a struggle which seemed at times
so dark and doubtful as to its results.
Together 6 vols, royal 8vo, half morocco, cloth and sewed.
N. Y ., printed privately for the Bradford Club, 1859-67
Very scarce and Hough's attack on Hatfield exceedingly so.
De Grasse (No. Ill) is unique and has ten rare inserted plates.
103 Brand (J.). Observations on Popular Antiquities.
Enlarged by Sir Henry Ellis. Cuts. 3 vols. i6mo, cloth,
uncut. London, C. Knight, 1841
Comprises notices of the movable and immovable Feasts, Vulgar
Customs, Superstitions and Amusements, Past and Present.
104 Brandt (S.). Ship of Fools, translated by Alex. Bar-
clay, a faithful reprint of the Pynson edition of 1509,
with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary by Jamieson. About
120 quaint and interesting facsimile wood engravings from
the Basle edition of 1497. 2 vols, crown 4to, cloth, uncut.
Edinburgh, Paterson, 1874
A fine reproduction of an extremely curious, interesting, and once
widely popular Satire. The text of Pynson's edition has been printed
Intact. The design of this work was to ridicule the prevailing follies
and vices of every rank and profession, under the allegory of a ship
freighted with fools, and in his metrical translation Barclay has given
a variety of characters drawn exclusively from his own countrymen, and
added his advice to the various fools.
Dibdin says : ' ' There are few books more interesting to the col-
lector."
105 Brathwait (Richard). Barnabae Intinerarium; or, Barna-
bee's Journal; with a Life of the Author, a Bibliographical
Introduction to the Itinerary, and a Catalogue of his Works,
edited from the First Edition by Joseph Hazlewood.
Portrait and engraved title. 2 vols. 3 2 mo, morocco, gilt.
London, 1820
Rare. Only 125 copies of this excellent reprint of the First Edition
were issued.
This is in every way a charming copy of a characteristically quaint
— but portly and pleasant— looking book; the contents of which must
always secure the attention and regard, not only of the admirers of
Latin Poetry, but in a special degree that of the lovers of good-fellow-
ship, and of all who take an interest in the Topography of Old England.
It is an exquisite piece of humorous drollery.
The real author seems, by the industry of Mr. Haslewood, to have
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been fully ascertained. This quaint work is assigned to one W. Bos-
worth, in Gentleman's Mag., Ixxv. 2,696. See, also, Ixxxi. 2,124, and
Wood's Athena: Oxoniensis, ii. 55; where it is observed that the
English Translation, rather than the original, suggests the idea of his
name being Harrington. The writer, like another Eunius, appears
nunquam nisi potus.
106 Brathwait. Barnabse Itinerarium; or, Barnabee's Journal,
under the names of Mirtilus and Faustulus Shadow'd: For
the Traveller's Solace lately publish'd, to most apt Num-
bers reduc'd, and to the whole Tune of Barnaby commonly
chanted. By Corymbceus. The Seventh Edition, to which
are prefixed an account of the Author, now first discovered;
a Bibliographical History of the Former Editions of the
Work; and Illustrative Notes. Front. i2mo, calf.
London, J. Harding, 1818
Large paper. With autograph letter of J. Haslewood inserted
in this presentation copy, with the following MS. inscription: — "To
Octavius Gilchrist, Esqre., with the editor's faithful regards. 13 Feb.
1818."
"Brathwait's merits are undoubtedly very considerable. Some of
of his pieces are capable of affording instruction and delight. He was
a most extraordinary man in poetry and prose." — DiBDiN.
107 Breton (Nicholas). Melancholicke Humours in Verses of
Diverse Natures set down by Nicholas Breton, Gent.
[Reprinted from the London edition of 1600] with a
Critical Preface by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart., K.J.
Vignettes on both titles, one of which is on India paper. 4to,
half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. London, 1815
Limited edition of 100 copies, printed at the private press of Lee
Priory.
" Nicholas Breton, a writer of pastorals, sonnets, canzons and madri-
gals, in which kind of writing he keeps company with several other
contemporary ssmulators of Spenser and Sir Philip Sidney. " — Phillips.
108 Breton. Longing of a Blessed Heart: which Loathing the
World doth Long to be with Christ. Vignette title. 4to,
half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. Kent, 18 14
100 copies only printed for Sir Egerton Brydges at the private press
of Lee Priory. Reprinted from the London edition of 1601.
109 Bridgewater Treatises. A complete set of these Highly
Valuable Works on the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of
God, as Manifested in the Creation. With the Ninth
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Treatise by Babbage. Numerous illustrations. 13 vols.
8vo, polished calf extra, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere.
London, Pickering, 1834-38
This valuable series includes the scarce 13th volume by Babbage, on
large and thick paper. The set comprises: Chalmers on the Moral
and Intellectual Condition of Man, 2 vols ; Kidd on the Physical Con-
dition of Man; Roget's Animal and Vegetable Physiology, 2 vols.;
Buckland's Geology and Mineralogy, 2 vols. ; Kirby's History of Ani-
mals, 2 vols. ; Prout's Chemistry; Bell on the Hand; Whewell's Astron-
omy, etc.
This collection of books, known as the Bridgewater Treatises, owes
its existence to the munificence of the Duke of Bridgewater, who gave
a prize of one thousand pounds to each of the successful writers of
these treatises.
no British Gallery or Historical Portraits, being a col-
lection of about 300 Authentic Portraits, with the Auto-
graphy, Seals, etc., of the Royal and Illustrious Personages
in English History and Literature, comprising the whole of
the series of British Autography formerly published by
Mr. J. Thane, with Additional Portraits, Biographical
Sketches and Facsimiles. 4 vols, imperial 8vo, half mo-
rocco, uncut. London, Edward Daniell, n. d.
Very rare. Only 50 copies issued. ' ' The coppers of this work
were sold in 1838, and the purchaser (Mr. Daniell) reissued the work
without changing the date, and also published ' twenty-seven addi-
tional portraits with the autographs, never before published.'" —
Lowndes.
Ill British Essayists, with Prefaces Historical and Biograph-
ical. By A. Chalmers, F.S.A. Including Tatler, Spec-
tator, Guardian, Rambler, Adventurer, World, Connois-
seur, Idler, Mirror, Lounger, Observer, Looker-on, and
General Index. Engraved portraits. Together 38 vols.
i2mo, boards, uncut. Boston, Little, Brown Ss' Co., 1866
Large paper. 100 copies printed for subscribers, of which above
is No I.
A fresh and complete set of that long series of periodical works
which Walter Scott said — "from the days of Addison to those of
Mackenzie, have enriched our literature with so many effusions of
genius, humor, wit and learning."
"As we read in these delightful volumes of the 'Tatler' and
'Spectator,' the past age returns — the England of our ancestors is
revivified. The May Pole rises again in the Strand — in London the
beaux are gathering in the coffee-houses ; the footmen are running
with links before chariots, or fighting round the theatre doors," etc.
— Thackeray.
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HI* British Poets. A Complete Collection of the British Poets,
from Chaucer to Wordsworth, accompanied with Bio-
graphical, Historical and Critical Notices. New Edition,
with numerous additions. Portraits on India paper. 130
vols. i2mo, boards, uncut. Boston, 1865-66
Large paper. No. i of only 100 copies printed.
Tiiis edition of the English poets is the most complete ever published
either in England or America. A copy was priced $600 in a recent
catalogue of a Philadelphia book-seller. It includes — Ballads, 8 vols. ;
Akenside ; Beattie ; Campbell; Collins; Donne; Falconer; Goldsmith;
Gray ; Herbert ; Keats ; Marvell ; Parnell and Tickell ; Shakespeare ;
Surrey ; Vaughan ; Watts ; Kirke White ; Wyatt ; Byron, 10 vols. ;
Burns, 3 vols. ; Butler, 2 vols. ; Chatterton, 2 vols. ; Churchill, 3 vols. ;
Coleridge, 3 vols. ; Cowper, 3 vols. ; Dryden, 5 vols. ; Gray, 2 vols. ;
Herrick, 2 vols. ; Hood, 5 vols. ; Montgomery, 5 vols. ; Milton, 3 vols. ;
Moore, 6 vols. ; Pope, 3 vols. ; Prior, 2 vols. ; Scott, g vols. ; Shelley,
4 vols. ; Skelton, 3 vols. ; Southey, 10 vols. ; Spenser, 5 vols. ; Swift,
3 vols. ; Thomson, 2 vols. ; Wordsworth, 7 vols. ; and Young.
112 Brooke (Henry). The Fool of Quality, or the History of
Henry, Earl of Moreland, with Biographical Preface by
Charles Kingsley. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1859
A novel replete with knowledge of human life and manners, and
in which there are many admirable traits of moral feeling and pro-
priety, but mixed as the author advances towards the close, with so
much of religious discussion, and mysterious stories and opinions, as
to leave it doubtful whether he inclined most to Behmenism or Catho-
licitv.
113 Brotherhead (W.). The Book of the Signers: containing
Facsimile Letters of the Signers of the Declaration
OF Independence. Illustrated with 61 engravings from
original photographs and drawings of their residences, por-
traits, etc. Imperial folio, in sheets. Phila., 1861
Large paper and limited edition of 99 copies folded in sheets
ready for binding. With India proofs of the illustrations. Collation —
Title, Introduction and Contents i.-viii., pp. 1-114.
114 Brougham (Henry, Lord). Lives of Men of Letters and
Science, who flourished in the Time of George III. By
Henry, Lord Brougham. With portraits engraved on
steel. 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Charles Knight bf Co., 1845-1847
Selected impressions of the fifteen portraits, which are much
finer than those usually found in the work.
" Lord Brougham is fitted to digest immense materials into sue-
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cinct form, and to add in each successive year fresh pearls of large
brilliancy and beauty to the chaplet he has ah-eady strung of the
statesmen and men of letters of England."— London New Quar-
terly Review.
115 Brougham. Historical Sketches of Statesmen who flour-
ished in the Time of George III. To which is added
Remarks on Party, and an Appendix. With steel portraits.
3 vols, royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, C. Knight, 1839-43
A splendid copy, uncut, and almost equal, like the preceding lot,
to large paper.
116 Brougham. Speeches of, upon questions relating to Public
Rights, Duties and Interests; with Historical Introduc-
tions, and a Critical Dissertation upon the Eloquence of
the Ancients. 4 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1838
" Through the most labyrinthian sentence it is always easy to follow
the sentiment and reasoning." — Peabody.
117 Brougham. Works, Biographical, Critical, Historical, and
Miscellaneous. Revised, corrected, and enlarged by him-
self, with many New Lives of Philosophers, Men of Letters,
and Statesmen. 10 vols, post 8vo, half morocco, gilt,
cloth sides, marbled edges. London, 1855-57
' ' Will be cherished as valuable contributions to the Uterature of his
country ages after the names and the works of many of his enemies
are forgotten." — London Monthly Review.
118 Brown (Thomas). Works, Serious and Comical, in
Prose and Verse ; with his Remains and Life and Charac-
ter by James Drake, M.D. Plates. 4 vols. i2mo, half
morocco. Dublin, 1744
Best edition. " Eighth edition," carefully corrected.
' ' Tom Brown is now usually described as a buffoon and a mere merry
fellow ; but he had great shrewdness and observation, and was a droll
of the first order. The great fault is his indecency, a fault which seems
almost inseparable from a humorist. " — Burnett.
119 Browne (Sir Thomas). Works complete : Vulgar Errors,
Religio Medici, etc. Edited with Life, Notes and Cor-
respondence, by Simon Wilkin. Portrait on Indian paper,
and other illustrations, including folded pedigrees, etc. 4 vols,
royal 8vo, elegantly bound in polished yellow paneled calf
gilt, inside gilt tooling and gilt edges by Riviere.
London, Pickering, 1836
Best Edition, on Large Paper, of which only 50 were printed.
Guy Patin, in a letter from Paris, dated April 7, 1645, thus refers to
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Sir Thomas Browne's most celebrated work. " The book, entitled
' Religio Medici ' is in high credit here. The author has wit ; there
are abundance of fine things in that book : he is a humorist, whose
thoughts are very agreeable, but who, in my opinion, is to seek for a
master in religion— as many others are — and, in the end, perhaps find
none. "
120 Browne. Religio Medici, a Letter to a Friend, Christian
Morals, Urn Burial and other Papers. By Sir Thomas
Browne, Kt., M.D. With India paper proof portrait.
Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Boston, Ticknor 6- Fields, 1862
Large Paper, uncut, of this beautiful volume, and of which only
25 copies were printed.
121 Browne (William). Britannia's Pastorals. With Notes and
Observations by Rev. W. Thompson. 32mo, calf, gilt,
marble edges. London, 1845
Rare. Ben Jouson thus refers to this seventeenth century poet : —
" I would
More of our writers would like thee not swell
With the how much they set forth, but the how well."
122 Browning (Robert). Poetical Works. Portrait. 3 vols.
post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1865
' ' Next to Tennyson we hardly know of another English poet who
can be compared to Browning." — Whipple.
122* Browning (Elizabeth Barrett). Poems. Portrait. 4 vols.
i6mo, green morocco, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
N. Y., 1862
" Mr. Leigh Hunt, in one of his clever poems, calls her ' the sister
of Tennyson.' We object to this, and claim her as Shakespeare's
daughter."
123 Brydges (Sir Egerton). Censuria Literaria, Restitua
and British Bibliographer, as follows:—
I. Brydges. Censuria Literaria. Containing Titles,
Abstracts and Opinions of Old English Books. With
Original Disquisitions, Articles of Biography, and other
Literary Antiquities. By Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart. . . .
Second Edition. With the Articles classed in Chrono-
logical Order under their Separate Heads. 10 vols.
London, Longman, 18 15
The above copy of ' ' Censuria Literaria" is LARGE paper, and
was bound, as Mr. Famum states, in a MS. Note from original
boards. It is a. very fine copy, and only 100 copies of this second
and best edition were printed, see p. VI . of the work, which states : —
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' ' That a work of which the cost in resetting the press is so great, must,
as it is confined to ONE hundred copies, always be of high price,
cannot admit of any reasonable doubt." A note in the Menzies cata-
logue says : — " Of this Second and best Edition one hundred copies
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the price of ANY COPY publicly sold in this country. Mr. Quaritch, of
London, priced a copy in a recent catalogue at i8 guineas."
II. Brydges. Restituta ; or Titles, Extracts and Charac-
ters of Old Books in English Literature, revived. 4 vols.
London, Bensley, 1 814-16
The Menzies catalogue can be quoted as to the " Restituta" — " See
Vol. II., p. 202, for a reprint from the excessively scarce original of
' A True Report of the Laste Voyage into the West and Northwest
Regions, etc., 1577, worthily atchieved by Captaine Frobisher, etc'
It is a valuable work, with copious extracts of the rarest and most
curious books in early English literature ; 250 COPIES ONLY were
PRINTED, which were published at ;^6 ds., in numbers."
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traits. Edited by Egerton Brydges and Joseph Hasle-
wooD. 4 vols. London, Trifhook, 1810-14
The " British Bibliographer" is rare like the other works of Sir
Egerton Brydges, and only 250 copies of it were printed.
Together 18 vols. 8vo, uniformly and handsomely bound
in sprinkled calf gilt, marbled edges. London, 1810-16
Very Rare. An elegant set of these most excellent bibliographical
and interesting works.
124 Brydges. Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contem-
poraries. Portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1834
Scarce. The above copy belonged to and has the heraldic book-plate
of Henry Thomas Buckle, the historian of ' ' Civilization. "
" We hesitate not to say that in these volumes are some of the most
beautiful passages that are to be found in English prose." — Gentle-
man! s Magazine.
125 Brunet (Jacques Charles). Library Manual, with
the Supplement of P. Deschamps and G. Brunet,
viz.:
I. Brunet (J. C). Manuel du Libraire et de I'amateur de
livres contenant un nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique,
et une table en forme de Catalogue Raisonnd. . . . Cin-
quieme Edition originale, entierement refondue, et aug-
mentee, d'un tiers par I'auteur. 12 vols, imperial 8vo, half
morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.
Paris, Didot, 1860-65
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II. Deschamps (P.). et Brunet (G.). Manuel du Libraire
contenant un Complement du Dictionnaire Bibliographique
de M. J. C. Brunet et La Table Raisonn^e des Articles
au Nombre d'environ 10,000 decrits au present Supplement.
2 vols, imperial 8vo, sewed, uncut. Paris, Didot, 1878-80
Together 14 vols, imperial 8vo. Paris, 1860-80
A GRAND SET, printed on Large and on Holland Paper, of
which ONLY 100 COPIES were issued, all for subscribers of the Brunet
Manual of the Library. The Supplement of MM. P. Deschamps and G.
Brunet makes the work complete.
The last and best edition of this invaluable work, one of the most
correct bibliographical dictionaries extant, and indispensable to the
collector of books.
126 Bryant (W. C). Poems. Collected and Arranged by the
Author. Illustrated with 7 1 engravings from drawings by
eminent artists. \X.o, cloth gilt, edges gilt (some pp. loose).
N. Y., n. d.
" It is indeed in the beautiful that the genius of Bryant finds its
prime delight. He ensouls all dead, insensate things in that deep and
delicate sense of their seeming life, in which they breathe and smile
before the eyes." — Christopher North.
127 Buckingham (J. S.). America, Historical, Statistic and De-
scriptive. Portrait [foxed). 2 vols. 8vo, cloth.
N. Y., 1 84 1
" His volumes will be found a storehouse of knowledge." —
Athenaum.
128 Buckle (H. T.). History of Civilization in England. 3
vols. i6mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1872
One of the most remarkable, valuable, and interesting works of the
present age.
129 Buckle. Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works. Edited
with a Biographical Notice by Helen Taylor. 3 vols.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1872
130 [BuGDEN (L. M.).] Episodes of Insect Life by Acheta
DoMESTiCA, M. E. S. Printed on fine paper, with upwards
of 100 illustrations most tastefully drawn and beautifully
colored. 3 vols. 8vo, scarlet morocco elegant, gilt edges.
London, 1849-51
A choice copy of the original edition of this scarce work. The above
is an exquisitely colored copy, superbly bound, of the three series,
complete.
" We have seldom been in company with so entertaining a guide to
the Insect World." — Athenceum.
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131 BuNSEN (Baron). Egypt's Place in Universal History.
Translated by C. H. Cottrell. Numerous plates and en-
gravings of Hieroglyphics. 5 thick vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1854-67
The first volume is the second edition, with notes and additions by
Samuel Birch, LL.D., who was the editor of the Fifth volume.
" The learned author [Bunsen] is one of the most erudite and accom-
plished expositors of ancient Egyptian learning." — London Critic.
132 BuNYAN (John). Pilgrim's Progress. Major's Beauti-
ful Edition. Edited by Robert Southey. Fine por-
trait and vignettes on wood from designs by Hussey, engraved
by Jackson, Nisbet, T. Williams, J. Jackson, Byfield
and other celebrated artists — Fine impressions. Royal
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, John Major, 1830
Large Paper copy, with the Portrait and the large plates by Mar-
tin, proof impressions on India paper. " Honest John Bunyan is the
first man I know of who has mingled narrative and dialogue together.''
— Franklin.
133 Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that
which is to Come. With Memoir of the Author by George
Cheever, D.D. Illustrated with engravings on wood by
G., E., and J. Dalziel, from designs by William Harvey,
and steel portrait. Thick 4to, cloth, uncut.
London, David Bogue, n. d.
Large paper, and clean copy of this handsome edition, of which
only 50 copies were printed.
134 BuRGE (William). The Temple Church : an Account of its
Restoration and Repairs. 8vo, boards, uncut.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1843
Printed by Whittingham. This volume has much matter in it of
interest to Knights Templar.
13s BuRGOYNE (Lieut.-Gen. J.). Dramatic and Poetical
Works, with Memoirs of the Author. Plates by Corbould,
and with inserted portrait. 2 vols, 8vo, calf gilt, edges
gilt. London, 1807
Large paper copy, printed by Whittingham. Best edition, and
from the Library of the late George Daniel. The Memoirs include a
sketch of the author's campaign in America.
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136 Burke (Edmund). Works. 9 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt, mar-
bled sides and edges. Boston, Little and Brown, 1839
Very scarce. One thousand copies printed from the types.
" The immortality of Burke is that which is common to Cicero or to
Bacon — that which can never be interrupted while there exists the
beauty of order or the love of virtue, and which can fear no death, ex-
cept what barbarity may impose on the globe." — Grattan.
137 Burke. Works and Correspondence of the Right Hon.
Edmund Burke. A New Edition. Portrait. 8 vols. 8vo.
Polished calf gilt, marbled edges. London, 1852
Best English edition. An elegant copy, bound by RiviSre.
138 Burnet (John, F.R.S.). A Treatise on Painting, in
Four Parts, viz.: — I. Composition in Painting, 9 beautiful
etchings on India paper from Italian, Flemish, and Dutch
Masters, 1822. II. On Light and Shade in Painting, 8
fine plates on India paper from the Italian, Flemish, and
Dutch Schools, 1826. III. On Color in Painting, 8
colored plates, and a duplicate set, India Proofs, 1827. To-
gether 3 vols, in I, royal 4to. Half turkey morocco,
top edge gilt, others uncut. London, 1822-37-50
A royal paper copy, with original proof impressions on India paper.
Published at £,i. 8s. unbound. It has an India proof portrait of the
author not in ordinary copies.
139 Burnett (George). Specimens of English Prose-Writers
from the earliest times to the close of the Seventeenth
Century, with Sketches, Biographical and Literary. 3 vols.
8vo, half calf. London, 1807
" An elegant and judicious compilation, forming a companion to
Ellis's Specimens."— Lowndes.
140 Burnet (Bp. Gilbert). History of His Own Time, with
the Suppressed Passages of the first volume, and Notes by
Lords Darmouth and Hardwicke, and Speaker
Onslow, also the Remarks of Swift, &c. Portraits. 6
vols. 8vo, sprinkled calf gilt.
Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1823
The Rev. John Mitford's copy, with manuscript notes in his hand-
vmting.
" X am reading Burnet's ' Own Times.' Did you ever read that gar-
rulous, pleasant history ? full of scandal, which all true history is ; —
no palliatives, but all the stark wickedness that actually gives the mo-
mentum to national actors ;— none of that cursed ' Humeian ' indiffer-
ence -so cold, and unnatural, and inhuman, etc." — CHARLES Lamb.
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141 Burnet. History of the Reformation of the Church
of England. 7 vols. 8vo, calf gilt, marbled edges.
Oxford, at the University Press, 1829
Best edition, with Index.
142 BuRNEY (Dr. C). General History of Music, from the
Earliest Ages to the Present Period. Beautiful engravings
by BARTOLOzzi/r^OT Designs by Cipriani. 14 vols. 4to, half
calf gilt. Ijondon, printed for the author, 1789
Second edition. " Between the rival histories [of Burney and Haw-
Itins] the public decision was loud and immediate in favor of Dr. Bur-
ney. Time has modified this opinion, and brought the merits of each
work to their fair and proper level — and adjudging to Burney the palm
of style, arrangement, and amusing narrative, and to Hawkins the
credit of minuter accuracy and deeper research ; more particularly in
the points interesting to the antiquary and the literary world in
general." — Life a/ Burney.
143 Burns (Robert). Poetical Works, complete, with Life, by
Allan Cunningham. Portraits and vignette illustrations
on steel. 8 vols, post 8vo, elegantly bound in morocco gilt,
edges gilt. London, 1834
A charming copy of this edition of the works of the great Scotch
ploughman poet.
144 Burns. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. A typo-
graphical facsimile of the original edition. 8vo, boards,
uncut. Kilmarnock, 1786, reprinted, 1870
Of this excellent facsimile only 600 copies were printed of the
excessively rare first or Kilmarnock edition, which ts now almost unob-
tainable at any price. Indeed, a first folio Shakespeare, or the first
edition of Milton's Paradise Lost, is much less rare. Mr. Menzies's
copy of the original sold for $155.
145 Burr (Aaron). Report of the Trial of, for Treason
and for a Misdemeanor, in preparing the means of a
Military Expedition against Mexico, a Territory of the
King of Spain, with whom the United States were at Peace,
etc. Taken in Short-hand by David Robertson, Coun-
sellor at Law. 2 vols, 8vo, boards, uncut. Phila., 1808
Rare. "Left in infancy without a father or mother, he never imi-
tated their virtues, but was a most unprincipled, licentious, profligate
man." — Wm. Allen.
146 Burr. Life of, by Samuel L. Knapp. i2mo, cloth.
N. Y., 1835
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147 Burton (John Hill). The Book-Hunter, etc. 4to, half
> morocco, Roxburghe style, uncut.
Edinburgh and London, Blackwood, 1862
Large paper copy of the original edition and one of twenty-five copies.
The Book-Hunter, charming in its original matter, is the very epic of
Bibhography and Bibliomania.
148 Burton. Book-Hunter. With additional Notes by
Richard Grant White. i2mo, cloth, top edge gilt,
others uncut. N. Y., 1863
The above edition was printed from type and not from stereotype
plates. Only 500 copies were printed. A dainty little volume, full of
the crumbs of conceit, and the flowers of fancy, forming an entertaining
literary and bibliographical treat, dealing in a most delightful way with
the nature and functions of the Bibliomaniac, with numerous anec-
dotes.
149 Burton. History of Scotland, from Agricola's Invasion
to the Revolution of 1688. 7 vols. 8vo, calf extra, marbled
edges by Henderson & Bisset. Edinburgh, 1867-70
Best large-type library edition. Very scarce.
" Mr. Burton's History will be, at least till some still abler vmter
arise, the 'popular' history of Scotland In no other history
of Scotland, with which we are acquainted, are there the especial attrac-
tive graces which distingpiish these volumes of national history." —
Athenieum.
150 Burton (Robt.). Anatomy of Melancholy. What it is,
with all the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms, Prognostics, and the
several Cures of it. Facsimile title on India paper. 3 vols.
8vo, half morocco, uncut, top edge gilt, Roxburghe style.
Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1859
Large paper copy, only 75 printed.
The above copy contains the duplicate title-pages with Burton's coat-
of-arms in gold and colors. Only 15 were issued in this manner.
The great Johnson has praised it in the warmest terms, and the
ludicrous Sterne has interwoven many parts of it into his own popular
performance. Milton did not disdain to build two of his finest poems
on it ; and a host of inferior writers have embellished their works with
beauties not their own, culled from a performance which they had not
the justice even to mention.
' ' The book, in my opinion, most useful to a man who wishes to ac-
quire the reputation of being well-read, with the least trouble, is ' Bur-
ton's Anatomy of Melancholy.' " — Lord Byron.
50 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
151 Burton (T.). Cromwellian Diary, from 165610 1659 (now
first published), with Notes, Historical and Biographical, by
RuTT. Plate of the House of Commons as in 1656, and fac-
similes of Autographs. 4 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt.
London, 1828
' ' This is little short of a miracle, the recovery of the Debates of the
Cromwell Parliament, taken on the spot by one of its very members."
152 BussEY (G. M.) and Gaspey (T.). Pictorial History of
France and of the French People, from the Establishment
of the Franks in Gaul to the Period of the French Revo-
lution. With four hundred designs by Jules David. 2
vols, royal 8vo, half morocco, gilt. London, 1843
Original edition, with bright, clear impressions of the wood-
engravings.
153 BussEY. Fables, Original and Selected by the Most Esteemed
and Oriental Authors, with an Introductory Dissertation on
the History of Fable, Notices of eminent Fabulists, &c., by
G. JloiR BusSEY. Numerous engravings from J. J. Grand-
ville's designs. Royal 8vo, half calf. London, 1842
Grandville is a prince among book-illustrators.
154 Butler (Joseph, Bishop of Durham). Works, with Preface
and Life, by Bishop Halifax. 2 vols. 8vo, morocco, be-
velled sides, red edges. Oxford, University Press, i%4^-^o
" He is amongst the few classic authors of the first rank in modern
literature. He takes his place with Bacon, and Pascal, and Newton." —
Bishop Wilson.
155 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras and Genuine Poetical
Remains, /. e. : —
I. Hudibras, with Dr. Grey's Annotations. New edition,
corrected and enlarged. Portraits, engravings and vignettes
on wood by Hogarth on India paper. 3 vols.
London, Charles and Henry Baldwin, 18 19
II. Genuine Poetical Remains, with Notes, by Robert
Thyer. With a Selection from the Author's Characters in
Prose. Portraits and full-page illustrations on wood, India
Paper. London, Joseph Booker, 1827
Together 4 vols, royal 8vo, uniform elegant morocco, extra
gilt, edges gilt. London, 1819-27
Unique and Large Paper — best modern editions. The above
copy of "Hudibras" has the richly gilt and illuminated plates by
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Cooper added. The engravings and vignettes on wrood by Hogarth
are on India Paper.
Horatio Rogers speaks as follows of Mr. Farnum's copies of Hudibras :
— "Large paper copies, like the one in this library, of Dr. Grey's edition
of Hudibras, published at Cambridge in 1744, are, according to the
Bibliotheca Anglo Poetica, of rare occurrence; and Dr. Dibdin says
only twelve were issued in that style. The copy of the London edition
of Hudibras here, published in 1819, contains the plates engraved for
the work as additional illustrations ; and they are printed in colors in a
very remarkable way, and are very elegant." In a foot-note the same
distingruished bibliophile adds: — " The statement in the text is, perhaps,
a little too unqualified. Dibdin's exact language in a note to the Li-
brary Companion in regard to large paper copies of Grey's edition of
Hudibras, is as follows ; — 'On large paper, it is said, only 12 copies were
struck off; but I have my doubts on this head, as it is not an uncommon
book, and 100 copies were subscribed for. Do I deceive myself in the
supposition that I have seen more than a dozen of copies ? Be that as
it may, I find such a copy, bound by Roger Payne in red moroccco, sell-
ing for ;f 14 14s., at the sale of Colonel Stanley's library; and a similar
one — very fine copy, old red morocco, borders of gold, (inviting descrip-
tion!) marked at 12/. I2j., in the catalog^ue of Messrs. Payne and Foss.
It may be necessary to state, that the plates in this edition are from the
very humorous pencil of Hogarth.' " — Vide lot 157 below.
" The best critical edition of this author (Butler) was by Dr. Grey in
1 741; a performance replete with curious interesting and accurate his-
torical and bibliographical intelligence. I rarely open this book with-
out rising gratified by its perusal." — Dibdin.
Lowndes states the "Genuine Poetical Remains" — "was to have
formed two volumes, but the publisher died previous to its completion.
A title-page was added as above, to make it appear as a complete work. "
156 Butler. Hudibras in English, with the famous French
Version on the opposite page, translated by Capt. T.owne-
LEY, with Remarks by Larcher. Curious folding plates after
Hogarth. 3 vols. i6mo, yellow calf extra, edges gilt.
London, 1757
Extremely rare. Only 200 copies printed.
An elegant copy with India Proof portrait inserted.
Concerning Hudibras there is but one sentiment — it is universally
allowed to be the first and last poem of its kind. The learning, wit and
humor certainly stand unrivalled. Various have been the attempts to
describe the two last; the greatest English writers have tried in vain —
Cowley, Barrow, Dryden, Locke, Addison, Pope and Congreve, all
failed in their attempts ; perhaps they are more to be felt than ex-
pldned, and to be understood rather from example than precept; if any
one wishes to know what wit and humor are, let him read Hudibras
with attention, he vidll there see them displayed in their brightest colors.
52 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
157 Butler. Hudibras in Three Parts, written in the Time of
the Late Wars, Corrected and Amended with Annotations
and Preface by Zachary Grey, LL.D. Adorned with a set
of copper-plates by Hogarth and portrait by Y'E^tve.. 2
vols, royal 8vo, elegantly bound in paneled calf extra,
edges gilt by Bedford. London, 1744
Large and thick paper. A magnificent copy of this excessively
rare book. Dibdin on page 731 of his " Library Companion " says —
" On large paper, it is said, only 12 copies were struck off; but I have
my doubts on this head, as it is not an uncommon book and 100 copies
were subscribed for. Do I deceive myself in the supposition that
have seen more than a dozen of copies ? Be this as it may, I find such
a copy bound by Roger Payne, in red morocco selling for ;^I4 14s. at the
sale of Colonel Stanley's Library."
' ' Best edition. Copies in fine condition are in considerable request.
The cuts are beautifully engraved by Hogarth." — LowNDES.
158 Byron (Lord). Life, Works and Illustrations of, i. e.: —
I. Byron. Poetical Works of Lord Byron. Steel portrait.
8 vols. 8vo. London, John Murray, 1839
IL Moore (T.). Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, with
Notices of his Life by Thomas Moore. With 44 highly-
finished engravings by the Findens, from designs by Tur-
ner, Stanfield, etc. 3 vols. 8vo. Third Edition.
London, John Murray, 1833
III. Finden's Landscape and Portrait Illustrations to the
Life and Works of Lord Byron, with Descriptions by
Brockedon. Upwards of \oo highly-finished, beautiful and
interesting engravings from drawings by Turner, Stan-
field, Roberts, Harding, Cattermole, Callcott,
Copley, Fielding, Prout, etc. Fine original impressions.
3 vols, small 4to. London, John Murray, 1833-4
IV. HoBHOUSE (John). Historical Illustrations of the
Fourth Canto of Childe Harold. Second Edition Re-
vised and Corrected. 8vo. London, John Murray, 1818
TI'ogether 15 VOLS. Handsomely and superbly bound in full
green morocco extra, gilt edges by Hayday, for " White,
24 Pall Mall." London, 1818-39
A splendid set of the best and very scarce editions of the author of
" Don Juan," Fine original editions of " Complete Works " and of
Finden's " Illustrations to Byron," bright impressions of the plates;
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and best editions of Moore's Life of the Poet, and Hobhouse's His-
torical Illustrations.
" If the finest poetry be that which leaves the deepest impression
on the minds of its readers — and this is not the worst test of its excel-
lence — Lord Byron, we think, must be allowed to take precedence of
all his distinguished contemporaries." — Jeffrey.
159 Byron. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers : a Satire.
Third Edition. 8vo, inlaid and enlarged to 4to, and
thoroughly illustrated with the insertion of ri^S portraits and
44 autographs, innumerable criticisms, etc. Blue morocco
extra, gilt edges. London, 18 10
Unique, and cost Mr. Farnum $130 at the Allan Sale.
" The last volume we shall mention will be Byron's English Bards
and Scotch Reviewers, inlaid to folio size. It was gotten up by Will-
iam Upcott, a man famous in England for his love of literary rari-
ties. It afterwards belonged to John Allan of New York, likewise
noted for his fine books, and by him it was considered one of his
choicest gems. It contains one hundred and forty-five inserted por-
traits, mostly proofs, and numerous landscape plates. Besides the
autographs of Lord and Lady Byron, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Aber-
deen, Lady Holland, the graceful mistress of Holland House, and
numerous other illustrious personages, there are in it original letters
of Wordsworth, Lamb, Sydney Smith, Fox, Rogers, Gifford, R. P.
Knight, Montgomery, William Cobbett, William Miller, Richard
Cumberland, John Murray, the Senior, Lord Hervey, reporting the
sale of his South Sea stock, the Duke of Portland, and others. Charles
Lamb's letter to Mr. J. Oilier contains this characteristic sentence :
' It is enough once for all to assure you that I never could succeed in
anything proposed to me to do, and I won't strive against my poor
obstinate grain.' It concludes equally characteristically, thus: —
' Yours and your brother's, C. Lamb.' No wonder its respective owners
have regarded this book as a prize.'' — Horatio Rogers.
160 Byron. — Lord Byron, a Biography, with a Critical Essay-
on His Place in Literature. With portrait and facsimile.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Murray, 1872
The best Life of Byron yet written, and from the pen of Karl Elze,
a German.
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^DMON. Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the
Holy Scriptures in Anglo-Saxon ; with an En-
glish Translation, Notes and a Verbal Index.
By Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A. Royal 8vo, half
morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. London, 1832
Very SCARCE. Printed by the "Society of Antiquaries," of Lon-
don.
i'62 Camden (William). Remains Concerning Britain. Por-
trait and cuts. Crown Svo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1870
Large paper. This volume has quite a number of coats of arms
of English families in the text. Camden, who held the office of
Clarenceux King-at-Arms in the Herald's College at London, is known
in literature as the "British Pausanias."
163 Campbell (Thomas). Gertrude of Wyoming ; a Pennsyl-
vanian Tale, and other Poems. First Edition. Illustrated
by portraits and views. 4to, half green morocco gilt, bev-
elled sides and gilt edges. London, T. Bensley, 1809
Unique. This was John Allan's copy, and is enhanced by the
insertion of 41 portraits and views, all carefully inlaid.
"The greatest effort of Campbell's genius was his 'Gertrude of
Wyoming.' " — Moir.
164 Campbell. Life and Letters of, edited by William Beat-
tie, M.D. With two portraits. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Hall, Virtue &• Co., 1850
William Beattie was one of the executors of the author of " Ger-
trude of Wyoming."
165 Campbell. Pleasures of Hope. Illustrated by Birket
Foster, George Thomas, and Harrison Weir. Small
4to. Elegantly bound in morocco gilt, edges gilt.
London, 1856
A fine piece of Hayday's binding.
"The 'Pleasures of Hope' is one of the most beautiful didactic
poems of our language. " — Byron.
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1 66 Campbell. Specimens of the British Poets, with Bio-
graphical and Critical Notices, and an Essay on English
Poetry. 7 vols, crown 8vo, half red morocco gilt, edges
gilt. London, 1819
Large paper, a fine copy and scarce. "Campbell's Essay on
English Poetry is one of the most captivating productions to be met
with."
167 Campbell (John). Lives of the British Admirals : contain-
ing also a New and Accurate Naval History from the
Earliest Periods. Continued to the Year 1779 by Dr.
Berkenhout. a New Edition Revised, Corrected and
brought down to the Present Time by Henry Redhead
Yorke. With portraits. 8 vols, royal 8vo, half calf gilt.
London, 1812-17
Large paper, best edition — ' ' With lives of the most eminent
naval commanders from the time of Dr. Campbell, by Wm. Steven-
son."
168 Campbell (Lord). Lives of the Lord Chancellors and
Keepers of the Great Seal of England, 8 vols. ; Lives of
THE Chief Justices of England, 3 vols. Together 11 vols.
8vo, of which 10 are bound in calf gilt, marbled edges, and
one in cloth. London, 1848-69
Best Edition, large type. The ' ' Lord Chancellors" are now out
of print and quite scarce.
' ' I need scarcely advise every reader to consult Lord Campbell's ex-
cellent work." — Macaulay.
169 Canning (George). Speeches of The Right Hon. George
Canning. With a Memoir of his Life by R. Therry.
Portrait. 6 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt, marbled edges.
London, James Ridgway, n. d.
Handsome Library Edition. "A work which is destined to con-
vey to posterity the remains of his splendid talents as an orator. " —
HUSKISSON.
170 Cardinal (The). 3 vols, in one. Demy 8vo, cloth.
London, Bentley, 1854
By the author of " The Duchess."
171 Carew. The Works of Thomas Carew, Sewer in Ordinary to
Charles the First. Reprinted from the Original Edition
of 1640. Crown 8vo, half calf. Edinburgh, 1824
Very scarce. Only 125 copies printed, and edited by J. Maitland,
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afterwards Lord Dundrennan. Mr. J. H. Markland's copy, and with
his heraldic book-plate.
" Carew's Sonnets were more in request, between 1630 and 1640,
than any poet's of his time. They were many of them set to music
by H. and W. Lawes and other eminent subscribers. Al. Chalmers
has included them in his editions of the poets." — Lowndes.
172 Canticum Canticorum, reproduced in Facsimile from the
Scriverius Copy in the British Museum. With an Histori-
cal and Bibliographical Introduction by J. Ph. Berjeau.
FoHo, vellum, top edge gilt. London, Trubner, i860
Rare. Only one hundred and fifty copies of the facsimile of this
most rare block-book, printed on heavy paper.
Seiz assigns the printing of the "Canticum Canticorum" by Law-
rence Coster to the year 1433, immediately after the production of
the " Biblia Pauperum," 1432. The " Book of Canticles" consists of
32 engravings, printed two on each page ; but as they are printed on
one side only, each printed side facing one another as in all the early
Block Books, the whole book contains only sixteen pages folio,
which are without mark or signature.
173 Carlyle (Thomas). History of Frederick the Great
OF Prussia. Portraits, and plans of battles, etc. 6 vols. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1859-65
Original Edition. Like all biographers, Carlyle loves his hero ;
unlike some, he adores his hero in his heart, as one who does not
belong to the heap of shams, by which the candid author of these
volumes fancied the world was oppressed. This love and admiration,
however, are so honestly held and sincerely maintained, that one cannot
but respect the man who entertained such feelings.
174 Carlyle. Thomas Carlyle, a History of the First Forty
Years of his Life, 179S-1835. By James Anthony
Froude, M.A. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, bevelled sides, top
edges gilt. N. Y., 1882
17s Catlin (George). Letters and Notes on the Manners,
Customs and Condition of the North American Indians,
written during Eight Years' Travel amongst the Wildest
Tribes of Indians in North America. With 400 illustra-
tions (some plates foxed^. 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth, uncut.
N. Y. [London], 1841
" Mr. Catlin is the historian of the Red Races of mankind ; of a
world fast fading away, and leaving hardly a trace of a wreck behind.
With his pen and pencil he has brought the existence of these wild and
uncivilized beings so vividly before our eyes, that we seem to have ac-
companied him in his wanderings, seen them, mixed with them, and
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impressed the recollection of their forms and features, their costume,
strange customs, feasts, ceremonies, religious rites, wars, dances, sports,
and other modes of life, distinctly upon our rarnds.."— Literary
Gazette.
176 Catlin. Eight Years' Travels in Europe, with his North
American Indian Collection. Numerous illustrations. 2
vols. 8vo, half morocco, marbled sides and edges.
London, 1848
Very scarce. Second edition — " published by the author."
177 Cats (Jacob) and Fairlie (Robert). Moral Emblems,
including Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs of all Nations,
with 60 large and beautiful illustrations on wood, and numer-
ous vignettes and tail-pieces by J. Leighton. 4to, morocco
extra, gilt edges (cover loose). N. Y. [London], i860
The emblems and other works of Cats have for two centuries been
household books in Holland, both for their moral doctrine and the in-
genious designs with which Adrian Van de Venne symbolized their
teachings.
178 Caulfield (James). Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters
of Remarkable Persons, from the Reign of Edward the
Third to the Revolution, collected from the most Au-
thentic Accounts extant, new edition, with many additional
rare portraits — ^107 curious portraits, 3 vols, cloth, uncut,
London, 1813. — Also — Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs,
and Characters of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolu-
tion in 1688 to the end of the Reign of George II., col-
lected from the most Authentic Accounts extant, 155
curious portraits of eccentric and notorious persons of Great
Britain, 4 vols, sprinkled calf, London, 1819-20. Together
7 vols. London, 1813-20
Large paper copy, wit h the illustrations of the fine copy of the
second series («. e. 1688 — George II.), on India paper. Very scarce
in this condition, and which Lowndes does not mention .
179 Caxton. Life and Typography of William Caxton, En-
gland's first Printer, with Evidence of his Typographical
Connection with Colard Mansion, the Printer at Bruges.
Compiled from original sources by William Blades.
Illustrated with 62 plates, portraits and facsimiles, on India
paper. 2 vols. 4to, half morocco, uncut. London, 1861-63
Only 250 copies were printed of these volumes, which are illustrated
with sixty-two plates, comprising facsimile pages from most of Caxton's
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books. Ninety-four separate works and editions are described, being
thirty-one more than are noticed in the Typographical Antiquities of
Dr. Dibdin. A list of more than five hundred separate copies of Cax-
ton's various publications is annexed, with the names of the Collections
in which they are preserved, including Libraries in England, Scotland,
Ireland, and the Cape of Good Hope ; in America, France, Austria,
Denmark, Germany, Holland and Sweden. It also includes the whole
of his prologues and epilogues, and his own historical work, " Poli-
cronicon.''
1 80 Caxton. The Game of the Chesse, reproduced in fac-
simile from a copy in the British Museum, with a few re-
marlis on Caxton's typographical productions by Vincent
FiGGiNS. An exact facsimile in the same rude Gothic type
of the excessively rare original work as printed by Caxton,
with the 23 woodcuts. 4to, half morocco. London, i860
A literary curiosity; the whole type was cast expressly for this work,
and the cuts traced from the copy in the British Museum; the paper
was also made expressly, and as nearly as possible like the original. But
a few copies were printed.
181 Caxton. The Bibles in the Caxton Exhibition, 1877, or a
BibHographical Description of nearly 1,000 representative
Bibles. By Henry Stevens. Vignette cuts. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1878
Only a limited edition was printed, and on fine paper.
182 Caxton. How to Tell a Caxton. Facsimiles. i6mo,
sewed. London, Sotheran, 1870
William Blades was the author of this manual.
183 Cellini (Benvenuto). Memoirs, written by himself. Trans-
lated by Thomas Roscoe. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, calf
gilt. London, Colburn, 1822
" More interesting than any novel I know." — Horace Walpole.
184 Centlivre (Mrs. Susanna). Dramatic Works, with Life.
Fine portrait. 3 vols. i2mo, sprinkled calf gilt.
London, 1760-61
An exceedingly fine copy of the very rare First Edition.
These plays are greatly admired for their incidents, language, and
humorous descriptions of real life.
185 Cervantes. Don Quixote, translated [by Mary Smirke].
Beautifully printed in large type by Bulmer, with 48 superb
engravings from pictures painted by Robt. Smirke, R.A.
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4 vols. 4to, yellow calf extra, gilt edges, by Clarke and
Bedford. London, 1818
Large paper with India proof impressions of the exquisite plates.
A splendid copy in the best English binding.
Of this edition Branet says : — " This anonymous translation is in part
new, and in part based upon those of Jarvis and SmoUet, but that which
particularly distinguishes this edition from those we have named, is
that it is enriched with engravings after Smirke. This series of en-
gravings numbers seventy-four, 48 large plates and 26 vignettes and
tail-pieces."
Don Quixote — " is to Europe in general what Ariosto is to Italy and
Shakespeare to England — the one book to which the slightest allusions
may be made without affectation, but not missed without discredit.
Numerous translations, and countless editions of them in every language
bespeak its adaptation to mankind ; and no vpriter has been found para-
doxical enough to withhold his admiration." — Hallam.
186 Cervantes. Exemplary Novels. Translated by W. K.
Kelly. Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1855
To the above are added — ' ' El Buscapie, or the Serpent, and La
Tia Fingida, or the Pretended Aunt."
" As works of invention they rank among their author's productions,
next after Don Quixote ; in correctness and grace of style they stand
before it." — Ticknor.
187 Cesnola (Louis Palma di). Cyprus : Its Ancient Cities,
Tombs and Temple. Portraits, maps and numerous illus-
trations. 4to, fresh cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut.
N. Y., 1878
A narrative of General di Cesnola's researches and excavations during
ten years' residence in the Island of Cyprus.
188 Chambers (R.). Cyclopedia of English Literature. A
History of British Authors, from the earliest to the present
time, with copious Selections from their Writings. Por-
traits and engravings. 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth.
Boston, 1851
189 [Chambers.] Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.
Tenth Edition, with extensive additions and emendations.
With numerous engravings on wood. 8vo, half morocco,
gilt, marbled sides and edges. London, 1853
Best edition. Excessively scarce.
190 Chatterton (Thomas). The Works ; containing his Life,
by G. Gregory, D.D., and Miscellaneous Poems, edited
by Robert Southey. With facsimile of Chatterton's
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{Rowley's) handwriting, engravings of Redcliff Church and
other plates. 3 vols. 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others
uncut. London, 1803
A good copy of this excellent and best, but scarce edition of the
works of —
"The marvellous boy;
The sleepless soul that perished in his pride."
191 Chatto (W. a.). Playing Cards, Facts and Speculations
on the History of. Illustrated and some of the plates colored.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Russell Smith, 1848
' ' A perfect fund of antiquarian research, and most interesting even
to persons who never play at cards. " — Tait's Edinburgh Magazine.
192 Chaucer (G.). Canterbury Tales, with an Essay on his
Language and Versification, and an Introductory Dis-
course, Notes and a Glossary by Tyrwhitt, portrait and
plate of the Canterbury Pilgrims, 5 vols., London, Picker-
ing, 1822. — Also — Chaucer's Romaunt of the Rose,
Troilus and Creseide, etc., with Life by Sir Harris Nico-
las, forming a Supplement to Tyrwhitt's Edition of the
Canterbury Tales, completing the Poetical Works of
Chaucer, 3 vols., London, Pickering, 1846. Together
8 vols, crown 8vo, sumptuously and uniformly bound by
Hayday and Mansell in smooth polished green morocco,
bevelled sides, dead gilt edges.
London, W. Pickering, 1822-46
Large paper.
A superb copy of both these very scarce editions. Tyrwhitt's edition
of Chaucer is said to make him "the best-edited poet in the English
language."
" Maister Chaucer that nobly enterprysed
How that our englysshe might fresshly be enued." — Skelton.
193 Chaucer. Browne (M.). Chaucer's England; being Chap-
ters on the Social Condition of the English People in the
Age of Chaucer. Portrait and illustrations on wood. 2
vols, crown Svo, cloth. London, 1869
A clean uncut copy. " I consider Chaucer as a genial day in the
English Spring." — Warton.
194 Chesterfield (Earl of). Letters ; including numerous
Letters now first published from the Original MSS.
Edited, with Notes, by Lord Mahon. Portrait. 5 vols.
Svo. calf extra, citron edges. London, 1845-53
Only Complete and Best Library Edition. Fine copy in per-
fect condition, and very scarce.
" In Lord Mahon's case, the work of 'editing' is not confined to
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putting his name on the title-page, and adding a stray note here and
there. He supplies the elucidatory information required by the text,
and employs conscientious care in seeing the text is critically perfect."
— AthentBum.
" The name of Lord Chesterfield has become a synonym for good
breeding and politeness. . . . But it recalls little or nothing of
the statesman, the orator, the wit. We forget that this same little man
was one of the best Lords-Lieutenant Ireland ever knew, the best
speaker in the House of Lords till Pitt and Murray entered it, one of
the most graceful essayists, and the wittiest man of quality of his time,
a time when wit meant something more than pleasantry and sparkle,"
etc., etc. — Edinburgh Review.
195 CiBBER (Colley). Dramatic Works [complete, with names
of the Actors and the parts they took]. Engravings and
portraits. 5 vols. i2mo, calf. London, 1777
Rev. John Mitford's copy, with notes in his handwriting.
" Best edition." — Lowndes.
196 CiBBER. Apology FOR THE Life OF, by himself, interspersed
with Characters and Anecdotes of his Theatrical Contem-
poraries, Notes, etc., by E. Bellchambers. Portraits
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1822
Best edition. Forms a complete History of the Stage for the space
of forty years.
" One of the most amusing specimens of biography in the language,
and the best history of the English stage during the time Gibber was
concerned with it." — Retrospective Review.
197 Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Life of, by Conyers Middle-
ton. Fine portrait. 3 vols, royal Svo, sprinkled calf gilt.
London, 1804
Best edition.
198 Cicero. Life of, by W. Forsyth, with 20 illustrations.
Thick 8vo, half morocco, red top edge.
London, Murray, 1869
199 Clarendon (Edward, .Ear/). History of the Rebellion
and Civil Wars in England, together with a Historical
View of the Affairs of Ireland. New edition. Collated
with the MSS. in the Bodleian Library, and Notes by
Bishop Warburton. 7 vols, royal 8vo, cloth. Oxford, 1849
Large paper. Library and best edition. Finely printed in large
type, with the suppressed passages, carefully collated from the original
MS. in the Bodleian Library.
"Clarendon — a lover of the constitution of his country, a patriotic
statesman — is always interesting, and continually provides materials for
the statesman and philosopher." — Southey.
62 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
200 Clark (E. L.). Daleth ; or, The Homestead of the
Nations — Egypt Illustrated. With 10 colored plates and
numerous woodcuts. 8vo, cloth, uncut, top edge gilt.
Boston, 1864
Of great Egyptological value, although written in a popular style.
201 Clarke (James Freeman). Events and Epochs in Relig-
ious History. Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, bevelled
sides. Boston, 1881
The substance of a course of twelve lectures delivered at the Lowell
Institute, Boston.
202 [Clarke (William).] RepertoriumBibliographicum; or, Some
Account of the Most Celebrated British Libraries. View
and portraits of bibliophiles. Royal 8vo, half calf, cloth
sides. London, 1819
Beckford, the author of Vathek, assisted in the compilation of this
work, particularly in the description of his own library at Fonthill. In
this volume is a plate of the Bodleian Library and portraits of book col-
lectors, including the Duke of Roxburghe, Cracherode, Planta, Storer,
Bernard, Boucher, Crofts, Gossett and Towneley, as well as the rare
plate of Francis the First, often wanting, and the only plate ever
engraved by W. Behnes, the sculptor .
203 [Clemens (S. L.).J Innocents Abroad, by " Mark Twain."
With 234 illustrations. Thick 8vo, cloth. Hartford, 1869
204 Clough (Arthur Hugh). Poems and Prose Remains, with
a Selection from his Letters and a Memoir. Portrait. 2
vols, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1869
205 CoBDEN (Richard). Life of, by John Morley. Etched por-
trait by Thomas Riley. 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1881
" Author's edition" of the Ufe of the great Free-trader.
206 CoGHLAN. Memoirs of Mrs. Coghlan, daughter of the late
Major Moncrieffe, written by herself, and dedicated to
the British Nation; Interspersed with Anecdotes of the late
American and present French War; with Remarks, Moral
and Political, N. Y., 1795, with Introduction and Notes.
Privately reprinted. 4to, sewed, uncut. N. Y., 1864
Large paper edition of 200, and of which only 20 were printed in
4to, the above being No. 15. Mrs. Coghlan was for some time the
mistress of Aaron Burr, after having been seduced by him. She
afterwards led an abandoned life in New York and Europe.
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207 Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Life and Works, as
FOLLOWS : —
I. Coleridge. Poetical Works. Yellow polished calf gilt,
by NuTT. 3 vols, crown 8vo. [Large paper and very
scarce.] London, W. Pickering, 1828
II. Coleridge. Literary Remains Collected and Edited by
H. N. Coleridge. 4 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt.
London, W. Pickering, 1836
III. Coleridge. Life by J. Gillm.^n. Vol. i. (all pub-
lished.) 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, IV. Pickering, 1858
IV. Coleridge. Letters, Conversations and Recollections
of. 2 vols. i2mo, boards, uncut. hondon, Moxan, 1836
V. Coleridge. Early Recollections Relating to Coleridge,
by Joseph Cottle. Portraits. 2 vols. i2mo, cloth,
uncut. London, Longmans, 1837
VI. Coleridge. The Friend. 3 vols, post 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, Pickering, 1844
VII. Coleridge. Biographia Literaria. 2 vols, in three.
Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. Very scarce.
London, Pickering, 1847
VIII. Coleridge. Aids to Reflection. 2 vols, post 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, Pickering, 1848
IX. Coleridge. Notes and Lectures upon Shakespeare.
2 vols, post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Pickering, 1849
X. Coleridge. Church and State — and Lay Sermons.
Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Pickering, 1839
XI. Coleridge. Poems of. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
Very Scarce. London, Pickering, 1844
XII. Coleridge. Notes on English Divines. 2 vols, post
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Moxon, 1853
XIII. Coleridge. Essays on His Own Times, Forming a
Second Series of " The Friend." 3 vols, post 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, Pickering, 1850
XIV. Coleridge. Notes, Theological, Political and Mis-
cellaneous. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Moxon, 1853
XV. Coleridge. Lay Sermons. Third Edition. Post 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, Moxon, 1852
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XVI. Coleridge. Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit. Fourth
Edition. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Moxon, 1863
XVII. Coleridge. Osorio, a Tragedy. Post 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1873
XVIII. Coleridge. Table Talk. Second Edition. Por-
trait {foxed). Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1836
XIX. Coleridge. Lives of Northern Worthies, by Hart-
ley Coleridge. 3 vols, post 8vo, cloth.
London, Moxon, 1852
Together 37 vols., various sizes and bindings, of which
3 are in calf, 4 in half calf, 28 in cloth, and 2 in boards.
A complete collection, or nearly so, of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's
"Works," with some Coleridgiana added, and most of which are first
editions and very scarce.
"This illustrious man [Coleridge], the largest and most spacious
intellect, the subtlest and most comprehensive, in my judgment, that
has yet existed among men." — Thomas De Quincey.
" As his [Coleridge's] fame will be settled by his best poems, he is
assure of future reputation as any poet of this age." — Allan Cun-
ningham.
208 Collier (J. P.). A Bibliographical and Critical Account of
the Rarest Books in the English Language, alphabetically
arranged, accompanied with numerous Extracts, in verse
and prose, and a very Copious and Useful Index, which
during the last fifty years have come under the observation
of J. Payne Collier, F.S.A. 2 vols. 8vo, half morocco,
uncut, Roxburghe style. London, 1865
Limited of 250 copies, handsomely printed on fine paper.
• The whole of the contents of Mr. Collier's privately-printed Bridge-
water Catalogue, 4to, 1837 (usually selling in London for £t ts.), is
incorporated in these volumes; together with hundreds of new arti-
cles, all of them of the rarest and most interesting description, so as to
form a valuable Manual for Bibliophiles. The author, in one of his
letters to the publisher, said: " I WILL make the book a model of
ITS kind, as far as my knowledge goes, and a book of refer-
ence FOR EVERY MAN WHO CARES ABOUT ENGLISH LITERATURE,
FROM EARLY TIMES UNTIL THE RESTORATION."
This valuable and interesting work is, in fact, an extended edition
of the author's catalogue of the Duke of Bridgewater's Library. It
describes books which, for the most part, are so scarce, that but few
American Libraries possess them; and Mr. Collier has performed an
acceptable office in quoting largely from the works he has described.
THE FARNUM LIBRARY. 65
209 Collier. Book of Roxburghe Ballads (Popular Ballads
of the Reigns of Elizabeth, James, and Charles),
edited by John Payne Collier, printed in antique type,
with 50 curious woodcuts. 4to, morocco extra, gilt edges
on red by Riviere. London, 1847
Rare. A handsome copy in Riviere's binding of this fine specimen
of the typography of Whittingham's Chiswiclc Press. This volume
has been called—" a treasure of curiosities, rich as well as rare."
Nearly all the ballads contained in this interesting collection are
unique. They are printed from the extraordinary collection which be-
longed successively to the Duke of Roxburghe and Mr. Bright. At
the sale of Mr. Bright's library, in 1845, they sold for ;^535.
210 Collier. History of English Dramatic Poetry, and Annals
of the Stage. 3 vols. 8vo, calf gilt. London, Murray, 1831
Presentation copy to the Rev. John Mitford by John Payne Col-
lier, with Autographs of both of those distinguished authors, and also
numerous MS. notes by Mitford. The best work on the Rise and
Progress of the English Drama, and scarce.
211 Collier. Poetical Decameron, or Ten Conversations on
English Poets and Poetry, particularly of the Reigns of
Elizabeth and James I. 2 vols. 8vo, half Roxburghe gilt,
top edge gilt, others uncut. Edinburgh a«(/ London, 1820
Large paper. A fine uncut copy. " Few books lately published
contain so much valuable and original information." — Hallam.
212 Combe (William). Three Tours of Dr. Syntax in Search of
the Picturesque, of Consolation, and of a Wife. Illustrated
with 81 colored plates byT. Rowlandson. 3 vols, royal
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Nattali and Bond, 1855
213 CoNGDON (Charles T.). Reminiscences of a Journalist.
Portrait. Crown 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1880
214 Congreve (William). Works of, consisting of his Plays
and Poems, with Life. Portrait, and an elegant series of
plates, by Gkign on, from Hayman's designs. 3 vols, royal
8vo, tree marbled calf extra, citron edges, by Bain.
Birmingham, Baskerville, 1761
Scarce. This is a beautiful specimen of Baskerville's printing, and
is, at the same time, the best edition of Congreve's works. A fine copy.
' ' We have had in Congreve a humorous observer of another school
[than Swift], to whom the world seems to have no moral at all, and
whose ghastly doctrine seems to be that we should eat and drink and
be merry when we can, and go to the deuce — if there be a deuce —
when the time comes." — Thackeray.
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215 Constable (John, R.A.). Memoirs of the Life of, composed
chiefly from his Letters, by C. R. Leslie, R. A. Portraits on
India paper and mezzotinto engravings after his most cele-
brated Pictures, by D. Lucas. 4to, cloth, uncut.
London, 1845
■' Got up in a peculiar, antique and handsome manner, congenial to
and worthy of the subject." — London Literary Gazette.
216 Constable (Archibald), and His Literary Correspondents,
a Memorial by his Son, Thomas Constable. Steel portrait.
3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1873
A most interesting work. One volume is entirely composed of Sir
Walter Scott's correspondence, and the other two volumes with the
correspondence of the most eminent literati of the early part of the
present century.
217 Conway (Moncure Daniel). Demonology and Devil Lore.
With numerous illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
N. Y., 1879
218 CoNYBEARE (Rev. W. J.) and Howson (Rev. J. S.). Life
and Epistles of St. Paul. Illustrated with engraved titles
and fronts., and numerous steel engravings. 2 vols. 4to, ele-
gantly bound in morocco extra gilt, bevelled sides, gilt
edges. London, Longmans, 1852
Best edition. A fine copy of the original edition, with broad
margins and brilliant impressions of the plates.
219 Cook (Clarence). The House Beautiful, Essays on Beds
and Tables, Stools and Candlesticks. Colored front, and
numerous cuts. 4to, fresh cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others
uncut. N. Y., 1878
With four-page autograph letter of this distinguished art critic in-
serted .
The cuts in Clarence Cook's ' ' House Beautiful " were sold by the
Scribners to Macmillan & Co., of London, and were published by
them in a series of three books called " The Drawing-Room." " The
Dining-Room," and " The Bed-Room." Some of the cuts were
copied into The Portfolio as fine specimens of English workmanship,
their American origin not being known to the editors of that journal.
219* CooK (Captain James). Voyages Round the World. Illus-
trated with maps and numerous engravings on wood and steel.
2 vols, imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Tallis, n. d.
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220 Cooper (J. Fenimore). Novels. With Barley's illustra-
tions on steel. 20 vols. i2mo, uniformly bound in half calf
gilt. N. Y., Townsend &> Gregory, 1859-62
A desirable set, and including : — Afloat and Ashore, Bravo, Chain-
bearer, Deerslayer, Lionel Lincoln, Miles Wallingford, Mohicans,
Oak Openings, Pathfinder, Pilot, Pioneers, Prairie, Red Rover,
Satinstone, Spy, Two Admirals, Water-Witch, Wing and Wing,
and Wish-ton-wish.
221 Cooper. History of the Navy of the United States of
America. 2 maps. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. Scarce.
Phila., 1839
222 Cory (Isaac Preston). Ancient Fragments of the Phoe-
nician, Chaldean, Egyptian, Tyrian, Carthaginian, Indian,
Persian, and other Writers ; with an Introductory Disser-
tation ; and an Inquiry into the Philosophy and Trinity of
the Ancients. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, William Pickering, 1832
The extremely scarce second edition.
223 Coryate (Thomas). Crudities; reprinted from the Edition
of 161 1. To which are now added His Letters from In-
dia, &c. ; and Extracts Relating to Him, from Various
Authors : being A more particular Account of his Travels
(mostly only Foot) in Different Parts of the Globe, than
any hitherto published. Together with his Orations,
Character, Death, etc. Illustrated with copper plates. 3
vols. 8vo. Elegantly bound by Jenkins and Cecil in
polished sprinkled calf extra, citron edges. London, 1776
Best edition. A beautiful copy of this celebrated, curious and
interesting book. Very scarce and in such condition remarkably so.
" A life of this singular and extraordinary character will be found in
Wood's ' Athente Oxoniensis.' " — Lowndes.
224 CosTELLO (Louisa Stuart). Specimens of the Early
Poetry of France, from the Time of the Troubadours
and Trouveres to the Reign of Henri Quatre. With four
beautiful plates. Crown 8vo, calf gilt.
London, Pickering, 1835
A nice copy, bound by Hayday, of this handsome volume, printed
by Whitiingham, and illustrated with plates from medieval manu-
script.
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225 Costume. The Book of, or Annals of Fashion, from the
earliest period to the present time, by a Lady of Rank.
Illustrated with upwards of two hundred engravings on wood
by eminent artists, and illuminated title. Thick royal 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, Colburn, 1847
The authoress of the above was the Countess of Blessington, the
chire amie of the Count D'Orsay.
226 CowELL (Benjamin). Spirit of '76 in Rhode Island : or
Sketches of the Efforts of the Government and People in
the War of the Revolution. Royal 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1850
This volume includes "the names of those who belonged to the
Rhode Island Regiments in the army, with biographical notices,
reminiscences, etc."
227 Cowley (Abraham). Works, consisting of those which were
formerly Printed and those which he Design'd for the
Press, Publish'd out of the Author's Original Copies, with
the Cutter of Coleman Street, In two Volumes, Tenth
Edition ; also the Third and Last Volume, being the
Second and Third Parts, the Eighth Edition, with Neces-
sary Tables and divers Poems of Eminent Persons in
Praise of the Author. With portrait and plates. 3 vols.
8vo, elegantly bound by Riviere in tree marbled calf extra,
gilt, edges gilt on marble. London, 1707-8
Best edition. A very beautiful copy.
Clarendon ' ' represents him (Cowley) as having taken a flight beyond
all that went before him ; and Milton is said to have declared that the
three greatest English poets were Spenser, Shakespeare and Cowley."
228 CowPER (William). The Task. 8vo, inlaid to 4to, and illus-
trated by 102 plates, mostly proof s on India paper. 4to,
morocco extra, gold borders, by Hayday.
London, J. Sharpe, 1825
Unique and printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press.
This beautiful volume was one of the gems of the collection of John
Allan. The 102 plates, which are carefully inlaid, comprise many
rare prints, of which a large number are India proofs. The portraits
are particularly noticeable.
229 CowPER. Poetical Works, with his Correspondence,
Translations and Life, by Robert Southey. Numer-
ous beautiful engravings, portraits and vignettes. 15 vols,
foolscap 8vo, yellow calf extra, gilt inside borders and
marbled edges. London, Pickering, 1835-7
Best edition, and only 350 copies printed at the Chiswick Press.
Very scarce and a fine copy.
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230 CowpER. Poetical Works. Portrait and rubricated titles.
2 vols. 8vo, blue morocco elegant, gilt edges.
London, William Pickering, 1853
231 CoxE (Archdeacon William). Historical Works,
VIZ.:
I. Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford. 3
vols. Portrait. 1798
II. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. Portraits.
1802
III. History of the House of Austria. 3 vols. [Only 60
copies printed.] 1807
IV. Memoirs of the Kings of Spain of the House of Bour-
bon. 3 vols. 1813
V. Memoirs of John, Duke of Marlborough, with his
Correspondence. 3 vols. Portraits, maps and military
plans 1818-19
VI. Shrewsbury Correspondence. Portrait. 1821
VII. Memoirs of the Administration of the Rt. Hon. Henry
Pelham. 2 vols. Numerous portraits, views, maps and
plans. 1829
Together 16 vols. 4to, bright and fresh uniform yellow
russia extra gilt, citron edges. London, 1798-1829
The Large paper and best editions of ttiese valuable historical
works, and in very fine bindings. A splendid copy of the quarto
edition.
" He who wishes to understand intimately the politics of the two
last reigns must consult the volumes of Mr. Coxe : the future his-
torian will refer to them with confidence and gratitude." — Annual
Review.
' ' The biographical labors of Mr. Archdeacon Coxe are considerable
in extent, and meritorious in quality ; and, as they appear to my judg-
ment, are likely to be more appreciated by posterity than in the pres-
ent times." — T. F. Dibdin.
' ' Coxe's writings throw more light on the history of England, from
the accession of the House of Brunswick, than any other publication
whatever. " — Lowndes.
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232 Crabbe (Rev. George). Poetical Works, complete, with
Life. Letters and Journals, by his son. Beautiful front-
ispieces and vignettes. 8 vols, post 8vo, half calf gilt,
marbled sides and edges. London, 1853
Uniform in size with the editions of Bums, Byron, Cowper, etc., in
this catalogue.
" He does not accumulate horrors for effect. He has no extravagant
and unnatural heroes pouring forth their morbid sentiment in his pages.
There is no sickly affectation, but a pure and healthy portrait of life."
— Cunningham.
232* Crashaw (Richard). Complete Works. Edited by W. B.
TuRNBULL. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1858
" Poet and Saint ! to thee alone are given,
The two most sacred names of earth and heaven.'' — Cowley.
233 Crowe (J. A.) and Cavalcaselle (G. B.). History of
Painting in Italy from the Second to the Sixteenth Cen-
tury, and in North Italy from the Fourteenth Century.
Profusely illustrated. Together 5 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut-
London, Murray, 1864-71
Very scarce. The original editions, uncut.
' ' The work of Messrs. Crowe and Cavalcaselle is by far the richest mine
of information upon Italian Painting that has been opened to us for many
a long day. In a judicious, philosophical way it associates picture
with picture, artist with artist, and school with school, illustrating and
drawing illustrations from all, by showing their general connection with
the general history and the social and political tendencies of their own
times " — Examiner.
234 Crowe and Cavalcaselle. The History of Early
Flemish Painters. Notices of their Lives and Works.
Numerous illustrations. i2mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1857
Uniform with Mrs. Jameson's " Early Italian Painters."
235 Crowe (Eyre Evans). History of France. 5 vols. 8vo^
cloth, uncut. London, 1858-68
A work worthy of rank beside Thiers and Guizot.
236 Cruikshank (George). Grimm's German Popular Stories.
Edited by Edgar Taylor, with Introduction by John
RusKiN, M.A. With illustrations after the original designs
of George Cruikshank. 4to, half morocco, gilt top edge,
others uncut. Roxburghe style.
London, John Camden Hotten, n. d.
Large paper, with proof impressions of Cruikshank's plates.
Vide Ruskin's introduction for an account of these fascinating stories
and of the wonderful designs by Cruikshank.
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237 Cruikshank. Six Illustrations to Cowper's John Gilpin,
engraved on wood. 8vo, in paper cover.
Proofs on India paper.
238 Cruikshank. Illustrations of Time. 7 plates. Oblong
folio, sewed. London, n. d.
239 Cruikshankiana, an Assemblage of the Most Celebrated
Works of George Cruikshank. 80 different examples of
the great master's work on 68 separate plates. Folio, half
morocco. London, Edward Lumley, n. d.
Published at £/^ 4^. Cruikshank is — "the modem Caillot. A
never-ceasing, still-beginning source of amusement. Unlike most
representations, his works never tire, nor does his humor fail. Look
at them a hundred times, and the same laugh is sure to follow. To
turn his designs into words each print would require a volume, so
wonderfully does he condense his creative powers. Yet in each a
stem moral is afforded, and that in the most powerful and attractive
manner. "
240 Cunningham (P.). Story of Nell Gwyn; and the Say-
ings of Charles the Second, related and collected by
Peter Cunningham. Woodcuts. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Bradbury &= Evans, 1852
Rare. Fine copy and uncut of the original edition, which is very
different in typography, etc., to pirated and ostensible reprints.
The story was originally published in "The Gentleman's Magazine"
for 1 85 1. The above is corrected and enlarged with much additional
matter.
241 CuRRAN (John Philpot). Speeches of, edited with Memoir
and Historical Notices by Thomas Davies, M.R.I.A.
Portrait after Sir Thomas Lawrence. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1847
' ' Complete and correct edition. "
242 Curtis (George Ticknor). History of the Origin,
Formation and Adoption of the Constitution of the
United States, with Notices of its Principal Framers.
2 vols. 8vo, cloth. Scarce. N. Y., 1854-58
In the preparation of this work, the Hon. Daniel Webster took a
lively interest, and almost with his dying breath urged Mr. Curtis to
complete what he had undertaken:
"You have a future, I have none. You are writing a history of the
constitution. You will write that work, I shall not. Go on, by all
means ; and you shall have every aid that I can give you."
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243 CuRTius (Prof. Dr. Ernst). The History of Greece. Trans-
lated by Adolphus William Ward, M.A. 5 vols, 8vo,
cloth. London, 1873
244 Gushing (Caleb). Treaty of Washington : Its Negotiation,
Execution and the Discussions relating thereto. i2mo,
cloth. N. Y., 1873
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ANIEL (George). Merry England in the
Olden Time. With illustrations by John Leech
and Robert Cruikshank. Crown 8vo, cloth.
London, n. d.
' ' This is an instructive and amusing volume. " — Allibone.
246 [Daniel.] The Modern Dunciad, Virgil in London, and
other Poems. [By George Daniel.] Post 8vo, half calf,
gilt. London, Wm. Pickering, 1835
Printed by Ciiarles Whittingham. " Tiiis modem Pope, wlioever he
be, has produced a Dunciad, which the stinging bard of Twicken-
ham would not be ashamed to own. The bard spares neither poet nor
courtier; and in the office of satirist he speaks with the boldness of
Juvenal." — London Monthly Review.
247 Daniel (Samuel). Poetical Works, with Memoirs of his
Life and Writings. 2 vols, post 8vo, yellow calf extra,
gilt edges. London, 17 18
Best edition, rare. Robert Southey's copy, with the poet's auto-
graph and inserted portrait of Daniel, also cut by Bewick.
This author was termed by Headley "the Atticus of his day,'' and
Drummond pronounced him, " for sweetness and rhyming, second to
none. "
248 Dankers (J.) and Sluyter (P.). Journal of a Voyage to
New York and a Tour in several of the American Colonies
in 1679-80, by Jasper Dankers and Peter Sluyter, of
Wiewerd in Friesland. Translated from the Original
Manuscript in Dutch for the Long Island Historical So-
ciety, and edited by Henry C. Murphy, i 2 plates. 8vo,
cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. Brooklyn, 1867
The above is " Long Island Historical Society Publications," Vol. i,
and was prepared for that Society by the late Henry C. Murphy, the
sale of whose library at Clinton Hall, Astor Place, N. Y. City, by Geo.
A. Leavitt & Co., realized over $52,000.
249 Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy, translated by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; and the New Life
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translated by Charles Eliot Norton. Together 4 vols.
4to, cloth, bevelled sides, top edges gilt, others uncut.
Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1867
Large paper. The "Vita Nuova" contains an original autograph
of the translator.
' ' Shelley always says that reading Dante is unfavorable to writing,
from its superiority to all possible compositions. " — Byron.
250 D'Arblay (Madame, Miss Burney). Diary and Letters
Complete [including the period of her residence at the
Court of Queen Charlotte]. Edited by her Niece. Por-
traits and facsimile. 7 vols, crown 8vo, half morocco
gilt, marbled sides and edges. London, 1843
Best edition. Miss Burney's Diary, sparkling with wit, teeming
with lively anecdote, and delectable gossip, and full of sound and dis-
creet views of persons and things.
251 Darley (F. O. C). Cooper Vignettes. A series of 6/\beau-
tiful engravings on steel, from designs by Darley, illustrating
James Fennimore Cooper's Novels and fine portrait of
Cooper, with descriptive letter-press. Folio, brown
morocco extra, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
N. Y., James G. Gregory, 1862
Artist's Proofs on India paper of the exquisite plates, mounted on
cardboard. A subscriber's copy.
Large paper, and only a few printed in this superior manner. A
very early proof copy of a series of subjects entirely national in theme,
the product of the foremost of our Draughtsmen, and executed entirely
by American engravers.
252 Darwin (Charles). Variation of Animals and Plants under
Domestication. With illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth.
London, 1868
253 Darwin. Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection.
Fifth Edition, with Corrections and Alterations. Crown
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1869
254 Davis (William). An Olio of Bibliographical and Literary
Anecdotes and Memoranda, Original and Selected. . i2mo,
calf. London, J. Rod^vell, 18 14
The author also wrote a work entitled— " A Journey Round the
Library of a Bibliomaniac."
255 Davison (Francis). Poetical Rhapsody, with a Preface
by Sir S. Egerton Brydges. The second volume con-
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taining the Poems of "A. W." and Sir Walter Raleigh.
3 vols, in 2. Royal 8vo, polished calf gilt, edges gilt.
Lee Priory Press, 1 8 14-17
Large paper. Only one hundred copies printed, and with vignette
title-pages on India paper.
" The collection of Elizabethan Poetry, now introduced to the
curious through the Lee Priory Press, has long been a desideratum
among the lovers of Old English Literature ; for though it passed
through four editions in the Reign of James I. , it has, for at least a
century, been so rare that but few have been gratified with a perusal
of it."
Lowndes calls it ' ' The most estimable of our Early Metrical Mis-
cellanies.''
256 Davy (Sir Humphrey, JBart.). Memoirs of Life of, by his
brother, John Davy, M.D., F.R.S., etc. 2 vols. 8vo,
half calf, gilt. London, 1836
' ' This biography is admirably written — correct details, full of
instruction and amusing throughout." — London Review.
257 Davy. Salmonia; or. Days of Fly-Fishing, by An Angler.
Numerous woodcuts. i6mo, green calf, gilt. London, 1828
' ' This is a book on a very delightful subject, by a very distinguished
man." — Christopher North.
258 Davy. Consolations in Travel; or, Last Days of a Philos-
opher. Illustrated. i6mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1851
' ' Pervaded by a tone and temper, and an enthusiastic love of nature,
which are as admirably expressed as their influence is excellent."
259 D'Aubigne (J. H. Merle). History of the Reforma-
tion in the Sixteenth Century. Translated by H. White,
and illustrated by an extensive series of portraits. 5 vols. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1853
260 Dawson (Henry B.). Assault on Stony Point by General
Anthony Wayne, July 16, 1779. Prepared for the New
York Historical Society and Read at Its Regular Monthly
Meeting, April i, 1862, with illustrative notes. Colored
map and facsimiles. 4to, sewed uncut. Morrisania, N. Y.
Only 250 copies printed, of which above is — " No. 131, H. B. D."
(signed).
261 Decker (T.). The Gull's Hornbook. Edited from the
scarce edition of 1609, with Glossary and Notes, by Dr.
Nott. 4to, russia, gilt. Bristol, 181 2
Only 100 copies printed.
This work, by the author of the " Honest Whore," affords a greater
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insight into the fashionable follies and vulgar habits of Queen Eliza-
beth's day than perhaps any other extant.
" His ' Gul's Home Booke or fashions to please all sorts of Guls,'
first printed in 1609, exhibits a very curious, minute and interesting
picture of the manners and habits of the middle class of society." —
Drake.
262 De Costa (B. F.). The Pre-Columbian Discovery of Amer-
ica by the Northmen, illustrated by Translations from the
Icelandic Sagas, edited with Notes and a General Intro-
duction. With map. 8vo, cloth. A\ha.nj, /oel Munsell, 186S
263 De Foe (Daniel). Life and Adventures of Robinson Cru-
soe. Embellished with engravings from designs by Thomas
Stothard. 2 vols, large 8vo, half morocco.
London, Cadell &= Davies, 1820
Large paper. A fine copy of the best edition of this " Classic."
" This book (Robinson Crusoe) shall be the first Emilius shall read;
in this ideal, will, for a long time, consist his whole library, and it
will always hold a distinguished place among others. " — Rousseau.
264 De Foe. The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel
De Foe. With a Biographical Memoir of the Author,
Literary Prefaces to the various Pieces, Illustrative Notes,
etc., including all contained in the edition attributed to
Sir Walter Scott, with considerable additions. Por-
trait. 20 vols, post 8vo, half calf gilt, contents lettered,
top edges gilt. Oxford, D. A. Talboys, 1840-41
" This edition is now very scarce. It was published at £$." —
Allibone.
" Few men have been more accurate observers of life and manners
and of the mechanism of society than De Foe. . . . His Novels, in
spite of much improbability, have been oftener taken for true narra-
tives than any fictions that ever were composed." — London Quarterly
Review.
265 De Foe. Life, and Recently Discovered Writings, extend-
ing from 17 16 to 1729, by W. Lee. Engravings comprising
numerous portraits of De Foe from various sources, fac-
similes, etc. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1869
It would appear from a discovery of certain letters in the State Paper
Office in 1864 that De Foe did not give up literary pursuits at so early
a period as has been generally supposed, but continued contributing
to several political journals; from a careful investigation by Mr. Lee
of these old newspapers has resulted the "Collectanea," forming two
volumes of the above.
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266 Delafield (Col. R.). Report of the Art of War in Europe,
'^54-56. Colored front, and numerous folded diagrams.
Thick 4to, cloth. Washington, 1861
Quite scarce. Col. Delafield's Notes and Observations were
made under the orders of the " Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of
War.-
267 Dennis (George). The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria.
Profusely illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1848
Very scarce. " These volumes are a valuable storehouse of
classical and antiquarian lore to every scholar; and the most general
reader must be attracted." — Edinburgh Review.
268 Dennison (Rev. F.). Notes of the Baptists and Their Prin-
ciples in Norwich, Conn., from the Settlement of the
Town to 1850. i2mo, cloth. Norwich, 1857
The author was pastor of the Central Baptist Church of Norwich,
Conn.
269 Dennistoun (James). Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino,
illustrating the Arms, Arts and Literature of Italy from
1440 to 1630. Portraits, views, cuts, pedigrees and fac-
similes. 3 vols. 4to, cloth, uncut. London, 185 1
A book of interest to students of art as well as of history, in conse-
quence of its references to Raffaele of Urbino.
270 De Quincey (Thomas). Works. Steel portrait. 22 vols.
1 2 mo, half morocco extra, contents lettered, top edge gilt,
others uncut. Boston, 1859-63
Comprises — Avenger ; Autobiographic Sketches ; Biographical
Essays; Confessions of an English Opium-Eater; C^sars; Essays on
the Poets; Historical and Critical Essays, 2 vols. ; Letters to a Young
Man ; Literary Reminiscences, 2 vols. ; Memorials, 2 vols. ; Miscella-
neous Essays; Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers, 2 vols.; Note-
Book of an English Opium-Eater; Philosophical Writers, 2 vols.;
Political Economy; Theological Essays, 2 vols.
' ' We have no richer prose, in at least the present day, than that of
De Quincey; and no other writer, not even Carlyle himself, of more
decided individuality." — Dean Trench.
271 D'EwES (Sir Simonds, Bart.). Autobiography and Corre-
spondence of, during the Reigns of James I. and Charles
I. Edited by James Orchard Halliwell. Two por-
traits. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1845
These interesting volumes should be placed on the library shelf be-
side the Diaries of Evelyn and Pepys.
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272 DiBDiN (Charles). Sea Songs and Ballads by Dibdin and
others. i6mo, red morocco, gilt. London, 1863
A beautiful copy of this best edition printed by Whittingham, at
the Chiswick Press. Charles Dibdin was the uncle of Thomas Frog-
nail Dibdin, the bibliophile, whose father was Capt. Thomas Dibdin,
celebrated by his brother as " Poor Tom Bowling, the Darling of the
Crew,"
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IStiHtn's iSfiJltOflrapIjtcal SSIorfts.
An English critic has remarked — "We are decidedly of opinion
THAT NO bibliographical COLLECTION CAN BE COMPLETE WITHOUT Mr.
DiBDIN'S VOLUMES, WHICH ARE, INDEPENDENT OF THE SOLID INFORMATION
THEY CONTAIN, FREQUENTLY ENLIVENED BY LITERARY ANECDOTES, AND
RENDERED GENERALLY INTERESTING BY GREAT VARIETY OF OBSERVATION AND
ACUTENESS OF REMARK."
S. Austin Allibone observes — "Now of all Englishmen who have
EVER lived, there NEVER WAS A MAN BETTER SUITED TO MAKE A DRY STUDY
ATTRACTIVE, AND A LEARNED SUBJECT PLAIN, THAN Dr. DiBDIN OF ROX-
BURGHE MEMORY. THIS MAGICIAN COULD WITH HIS PEN DRESS UP A BEGRIMED,
UNCOUTH-LOOKING VOLUME, IN MORE ATTRACTIVE STYLE THAN COULD GrO-
LIEr's BINDER WITH HIS MOST CUNNING TOOLS. He COULD CONVERT ' BELIN-
DAS ■ AND 'AlMASAS ' INTO, BIBLIOMANIACS, AND MAKE A DRY CATALOGUE OF
OLD English poetry more attractive than the last novel. It was
BUT necessary FOR HIM TO APPLY THE EPITHETS ' EXCESSIVELY RARE,' OR
'exceedingly CURIOUS,' AND THE NEGLECTED CaXTON IN YOUR GARRET
WOULD BUY YOU A YEAR'S CLOTHING FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD, AND THE OLD
FAMILY Bible would defray your Christmas festivities."
Dibdin's symptoms of the Book Disease are. (i) a passion for large
PAPER, (2) UNCUT, (3) illustrated, (4) UNIQUE, (5) VELLUM COPIES, (6) FIRST
editions, (7) TRUE EDITIONS, AND (8) BLACK LETTER, (9) PRIVATE DISTRIBU-
TION, OR AT A PRIVATE PRESS, (lo) ALL THE EDITIONS, OR (ll) CONNECTED
WITH A PARTICULAR AUTHOR OR SUBJECT. HiS PROBABLE MEANS OF CURE
ARE, (l) DIRECTING OUR STUDIES TO USEFUL WORKS ; (2) REPRINTING SCARCE,
AND INTRINSICALLY VALUABLE, PRODUCTIONS ; (3) EDITING OUR BEST ANCIENT
AUTHORS, IN PROSE OR POETRY ; (4) ERECTING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, AND (5)
STUDYING BIBLIOGRAPHY.
273 DiBDiN (Thomas Frognall). Typographical Antiqui-
ties, ETC., Six unique volumes, comprising: —
I. Dibdin. Typographical Antiquities ; or, the History of
Printing in England, Scotland and Ireland : containing
Memoirs of our Ancient Printers, and a Register of the
Books printed by them. Begun by the late Joseph Ames,
F.R. and A.SS. Considerably augmented by William
Herbert, of Cheshunt Herts ; and now greatly enlarged,
with Copious Notes, and illustrated with appropriate en-
gravings ; Comprehending the History of English Liter-
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ature, and a View of the Progress of the Art of Engraving
in Great Britain, by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin.
Portraits and plates. 4 vols. foHo, half vellum, uncut.
London, William Miller, [1810-19]
Unique and largest vellum paper, of which only 66 copies were
printed and with additional portraits. Only two other copies are known
to be in the United States. This copy has three original autograph let-
ters of Dibdin's inserted. Two of these refer to the vellum copy of the
' ' Typographical Antiquities " described below. The other is written
to his printer, William Savage, as follows :—" Dear Sir. I seize the
opportunity of a gentleman's passing by your house, to request of you
to come and take your tea with me at 5 this evening — or Yz past 5.
The Stage will be at the corner of Albemarle St., 10 minutes before 5.
I wish much to see you & have much to observe upon the Sheets. They
are printed with great accuracy. Yrs. T. F. Dibdin." A few sheets
in one of the volumes are, as in some other known copies, on smaller
paper.
Lowndes calls the "Typographical Antiquities" — "an invaluable
work," and adds—" it is much to be regretted has not been completed
for want of sufficient encouragement."
II. Dibdin. The Same. Being the only 24 pages ever
printed on vellum of the preceding work — " the only por-
tion and only copy that was printed on vellum." Folio,
half vellum, uncut, bound to match the preceding.
Horatio Rogers speaks of the above unique bibliomaniacal
GEM in his "Private Libraries of Providence." He says: — "The
copy of the Typographical Antiquities (one of sixty-six printed on
large paper), is uncut, and bound in half vellum ; while uniform with
it are two volumes deserving special mention. One of these volumes
comprises the first six signatures of the Typographical Antiquities
printed on vellum, and intended for the Earl Spencer, Dibdin's patron.
These signatures belonged to William Savage, the printer, and, accord-
ing to the title-page, formed ' The only portion, and only copy that
was printed on vellum.' Though Dibdin's excuse for not completing
the copy was the difficulty in working on vellum, yet we suspect that
the real reason was the expense. In the early stages of the undertaking,
as appears by a note in Mr. Famum's possession, Dibdin wrote to Sav-
age as follows : — ' I am much pleased with what you have sent me :
the vellum has a glorious look, and, if you exert all the talent which
appears in the specimen, we shall make a magnificent book of the vellum
copy.' In a subsequent note to Savage, likewise in Mr. Farnum's pos-
session, he wrote : — ' I give up the vellum copy not from a supposition
of your want of skill to execute it, but from various causes which I
will state hereafter. We shall now go on more smoothly. ' Long after
he had abandoned the copy he referred to these signatures in a foot-
note to his Bibliomania, more harshly, it seems to us, than the truth
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justified ; for, notwithstanding what he had written to Savage, he spoke
of them as follows :— ' The censure which is here thrown out upon
others reaches my own doors : for I attempted to execute a single copy
of my Typographical Antiquities upon vellum, with every possible
attention to printing and to the material upon which it was to be
executed. But I failed in every point ; and this single wretched looking
book, had I persevered in executing my design, would have cost me
about seventy-five guineas ! ' "
The originals of the two letters referred to above will be found in
the first volume of the " Typographical Antiquities," and Dibdin also
says, speaking of the vellum copy— " The blooming capital is rather
too faintly struck off."
III. Dibdin. A Collection of Wood Engravings, etc., got-
ten together by Dibdin and Savage for the former's
intended "Disquisition on Early Engraving and Orna-
mental Printing," consisting of a careful and judicious
selection of wood engravings, both plain and colored, by
the best masters of the art, and a large portion of which
are proofs and many are on India paper ; also at the end
of the same are some pages of Ames's Preface and Ac-
count of the " Life of William Caxton," on India paper,
PROBABLY unique, as Well as ornamental alphabets and the
VERY RARE mczzotints of Joseph Ames, Thomas Martin
and William Herbert, and two of " John Moore, Bishop
of Ely," one before all letters, the last being excess-
ively rare. The whole bound in i vol. Folio, half
vellum, uncut, uniform with the above.
This very remarkable and unique collection of wood engravings has
the following history attached to it and which is told by Gen. Horatio
Rogers in his account of Mr. Famum's Library : — -"But by far the most
valuable of this fine set of Dibdin is a unique copy, of which we have
not yet spoken. Dibdin projected a ' Disquisition on Early Engraving
and Ornamental Printing,' and though he never got so far as the
actual composition of the work, still, with the assistance of Savage,
the printer, he gathered much material for it in the form of a collection
of numerous title-pages of early printers and many wood engravings.
Among its artistic treasures Germany is represented by Albert Durer,
Hans Burgkmair, Lucas Cranach, Hans Schaeflein, Henry Voghter,
James Kobel, Gabriel Schnellbotz, Louis Businck, and others ; Hol-
land and the Low Countries by John Walther van Assen, Henry Golt-
zius, Abraham Bloemaert, Anthony Sallaerts, and Christopher van
Sichem ; — but it is idle to attempt to enumerate the artists whose cuts
- Dibdin had gathered together for the purpose of illustrating his work.
Suffice it to say that the collection includes cuts of many of the most
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famous wood engravers from the time of Albert Durer to that of
Thomas Bewick. The whole, constituting a most remarkable collec-
tion, are mounted, or inlaid, in a folio volume. This interesting vol-
ume has been inspected by various engravers of this country, and has
awakened much interest. It is a matter of surprise that the rich and
appreciative collectors of literary rarities in England allowed it to cross
the Atlantic.''
Together 6 vols. Folio, uniform, half vellum, uncut.
This UNIQUE lot of six volumes belonged in their entirety to Dibdin's
friend and printer WiUiam Savage, and a portion — namely, II. and III.
above— to Dibdin himself.
274 Dibdin (Thomas Frognall). Bibliographical Works,
Twenty-four volumes, comprising: —
I. The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten Days' Pleas-
ant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts and Subjects
connected with Early Engraving, Typography and Biblio-
graphy. With numerous plates, facsimiles, and steel vignettes,
many on India paper. 3 vols. 4to, handsomely bound
in smooth polished sage morocco extra, with crest, quar-
tered shield and motto on the sides, gilt inside with leather
joints and vellum ends, by C. Lewis, and uniform with the
rest of this lot.
London, Printed for the author by W. Bulmer 6^ Co.,
Shakespeare Press, 181 7
Large paper and a magnificent copy. Only 50 copies printed.
With four extra proof plates, including the very rare and costly engrav-
ing of the " Presentation in the Temple by F. Veronesi, drawn and
engraved by G. R. Lewis," of the 26th illumination see Vol. 1,
CLII. Of this Lowndes states — " An additional plate from a missal
executed by Francis Veronese in Mr. Esdaile's Collection was after-
wards published by Mr. G. Lewis, which was originally intended for
the work but not executed in time."
The same authority says — " This is in fact a continuation of the
Bibliomania, the same characters being introduced in the dialogues.
From the information which this work contains, and the splendor of
the decorations and printing, it will ever be considered as a model of
excellence and good taste in typography and the arts. Both the
copper-plates and the woodcuts which embellished the work have
been destroyed."
" Overtures were made for its republication in French, but it was
too late. The various blocks from which the engravings were made had
been destroyed by the author and his friends. Although a thorough-
paced bibliomaniac, we have no sympathy with such barbarous waste."
— Allibone.
The " beautiful specimen" of printing in gold, "glittering like the
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sun," missing in many copies, will be found in its place on page 417,
Vol. II.
Opposite page 435 of Vol. 3 will be also discovered a proof before
letters of the extremely rare " private plate of Mr. Thomas Payne,
Bookseller, in spectacles, which was destroyed," and of which only 25
were printed as well as the regulation portrait of that bibliopolist.
Concerning the rare ebony-spectacled portrait of "Honest Tom"
Payne, "the English bookseller," Dibdin relates:—" A pleasing tale
may be told about the said portrait. It fias preceded by one in the
line manner, by the same artist from a different original, in which
our Thomas is introduced amidst a sportive group of relatives and
friends, playing a game at whist, with his cards in his left-hand;
looking sharply through an ebony pair of spectacles as his opponent is
drawing out the ace of trumps! Instead of cards, I caused a book to
be put in his hand; but Mr. T. Payne, that now is, finding a better
likeness of his father in the original from which the above was taken,
offered to furnish the plate here published at his own expense. There
was no need, however, of such waste of money. Twenty-five copies of the
original, ebony-spectacled engraved portrait — which have been eagerly
snapped up by perch-like collectors— have reimbursed this extra expense:
and \^\5 first plate is now broken UP." Opposite page 388 is a proof
impression of the rare line engraving of Lord Spencer, before letters,
and facing the title is a proof impression of Meyer's portrait of
Dibdin.
' ' The dialogue (of the Bibliographical Decameron) is cleverly sus-
tained, and the occasional Socratic form affords opportunity for
numerous sallies of wit, while the information conveyed is of more
value than that contained in any other of the doctor's works which
affect greater sincerity."
The late Mr. Freeling a distinguished book collector, enthusiasti-
cally remarks: — " If the gods could read, they would never be without
a copy of the Decameron in their side pocket! "
" One of the most beautiful as well as one of the most instructive
books in the language. " — Allibone.
" The volumes not only exceed my expectations but even my
imagination. Without a rival in the whole history of Typography."
— Isaac Disraeli.
II. Dibdin. Reminiscences of a Literary Life with Anec-
dotes of Books and Book Collectors by the Reverend
Thos. Frognall Dibdin, D.D. With portraits and plates.
2 vols, imperial 8vo, elegantly bound by Hayday, to match
the above and following volumes of lot 274, with gilt edges.
London, John Major, 1836
Large paper, of which only 39 copies were printed. The above
described copy has the very rare subsequently published index in large
paper and the vignette opposite page 974 on India paper.
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Horatio Rogers thus refers to Mr. Farnum's copy in his "Providence
Libraries'': — " His large paper copy of Reminiscences of a Literary
Life contains the rare Index, likewise on large paper, notwithstanding
the statement in the Hosmer Catalogue that it was ' only printed on small
paper.' The Catalogue of the Library of Zelotes Hosmer, prepared for
the sale which took place in 1861, contained this note to a large paper
copy of Dibdin's Reminiscences of a Literary Life (Lot No. 301):
' Containing the Index, very rare, and only printed on small paper.
This is inlaid and bound with the large paper copy; also a long letter
to Dawson Turner, whose copy this was. ' "
' ' A most laudable storehouse of biographical and bibliographical
anecdote.'' — Alltbone.
III. DiBDiN. Bibliomania, or Book-Madness ; a Biblio-
graphical Romance. Ne'w Edition, edited by Walmsley,
with a Supplement, and Key to the assumed characters in
the Drama. Steel front, and wood engravings. 2 vols, 4to,
superbly bound in morocco extra, gilt edges, uniform -with
the other volumes of this set, but only the top edge gilt,
by Matthews London, 1842
Large paper, only 55 copies printed. Best Edition and Scarce.
To this improved edition is added Preliminary Observations, a Sup-
plement continuing the work, a Key to the Characters, and a reprint
of the First Edition of 1809.
The first volume of this copy of the " Bibliomania" has the follow-
ing letter of T. F. Dibdin to Ithuriel Towne of New York inserted.
Horatio Rogers writes in his work: — " Another of Dibdin's autograph
letters in Mr. Farnum's possession, is interesting because of the refer-
ences in it to his own works, and especially to his Reminiscences of a
Literary Life, then about to be published. It is addressed to Ithuriel
Towne of New York, who had paid sixty guineas for an illustrated
Bibliomania, alluded to in a foot-note to the first volume of the
Reminiscences, and which sold for $720 at the John Allan sale in
1864. The letter is as follows: —
' 7 'Wyndham St.,
' Bryanston Sqr.
■ April 3, 1835
' Dear Sir: — I beg you to accept my very best thanks for all the
kind and all the honourable testimonies contained in your letter of
February last, in favor of my humble lucubrations. That they have
afforded you a rational gratification, is matter of sincere pleasure to
their author. Will you, however, forgive my remarking that you are
much behind hand in your number of the volumes which have issued
from the same prolific pen ? But to that gallantry of spirit which hesi-
tates not to sacrifice 60 guineas for an illustrated copy of the Biblio-
mania upon large paper, everything is obtainable. Go on, dear Sir,
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and put the finishing stroke to your spirit of courageous enterprise.
Possess the Decameron (the most beautiful, as Mr. Adiard will tell you,
of all bibliographical books), the Tour, the Spencer Library, and
above all, for utility, the Library Companion. As to the small rarer
pieces I will confer with your honest agent, Mr. Evans, and together,
we must get them at reasonable prices. The Typographical Antiqui-
ties in 4 vols, is reasonable and common — as an unfinished work. ■ I
transmit you a notice of a new work — in which you will observe j/oar
name to be down — from authority ; but I will be frank and tell you,
that 1 have reserved for you a large paper copy — ;^io, loj'.— subject to
your rejection or possession. 'Twill be an immensely scarce work ;
and perhaps my last performance. And now allow me to thank you,
which I do very sincerely, for the splendid and acceptable present of
the proofs of your countrymen's skill in the art of engraving. The
specimens are most creditable to them. In return as soon as the
" Reminiscences" are published, in September, I will send you a copy
of my Lent Lectures on large paper, of which I shall beg your accept,
ance. Your country is a young country but the infant is Hercules-
Farewell, dear Sir, and accept the assurance of my respect and esteem.
' Very much and truly,
' T. F. DiBDIN.'"
Lowndes thus speaks of the Bibliomania: — "The Bibliomania is
written in dialogues or conversations, the characters introduced are
well-known book collectors of the author's acquaintance. The great
value of the work is in the notes, which abound with anecdotes of
Books and Book Collectors, and an account of the rarer articles in
their collections, and the prices at which they were sold, extracted
from the sale catalogues. This work has in a great degree given a
stimulus to the collecting of our early literature, and bibliography
in this country, on which subjects it will be always consulted as an
authority. — The characters personified are Aurelius, G. Chalmers,
Esq. ; Atticus, Richard Heber, Esq.; Alfonso, Mr. Morell ; Bernardo,
J. Haslewood, Esq.; Gonzalo, J. Dent, Esq.; Hortensius, W. Bol-
land, Esq.; Leontes, J. Bindley, Esq.; Lepidus, Dr. Cosset ; Lysander
and Rosicrusius, the Author; Lorenzo, Sir M. M. Sykes, Bart.;
Lavinia's husband, J. Harrison, Esq.; Lisardo, R. Heathcote, Esq.;
Marcellus, Edmond Malone, Esq. ; Mustapha, Mr. W. Gardiner ;
Menander, Tom Warton ; Malvolio, ; Menaleus, Rev. H.
Drury ; Mercurii, Foss, Triphook, and Griffiths ; Nicas, G. Shepherd,
Esq.; Narcotus, Rev. J. Jones ; Orlando, M. Wodhull, Esq.; Pros-
pero, F. Douce, Esq.; Philemon, J. Barwise, Esq.; Phormio,'R.&v.
H. Vernon; Quisquilius, G. Baker, Esq.; Rinaldo, Mr. Edwards;
Sir Tristram, Sir Walter Scott, Bart.; Sycorax, Joseph Ritson ; Ul-
pian, E. V. Utterson, Esq. Some copies have the words 'Book
Madaess' in the title-page, printed in red. It was published ati/. is.,
and has bri/Ught 8/. 8.f. Eighteen copies only were printed upbn
LARGE PAPER, in two Volumes imperial octavo, in which was inserted
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a portrait of the author, in a clerical habit, engraved by Freeman after
Masquerier, astatis xxxv. ; the plate was destroyed after twenty-five
impressions were taken off. These copies were charged lo/. loj. ,
and have since been sold for 52/. \os. But since the enlarged edition,
published in 1842 by Mr. Bohn, these prices have receded . "
" You have contrived to strew flowers over a path which, in other
hands, would have proved a very dull one ; and all Bibliomanes must
remember you long, as he who first united their antiquarian details
with good-humored raillery and cheerfulness." — Sir Walter Scott
to Dr. Dibdin.
IV. Dibdin. The Library Companion ; or, The Young
Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice
of a Library. By the Rev. T. F. Dibdin. 2 vols, royal
8vo, bound uniformly with the remainder of the volumes
of lot 274 by Matthews, but stilted to match in height,
and the top edges gilt. London, 1825
Large paper. Very scarce, and second edition published at
5/. 5j. With original MS. note on the fly-leaf by (?) Dr. Dibdin : —
"V. E. ICing, Rear Admiral 1825. For the Revd. Russell Richards,
with ' Dibdin's Reminiscences.' " There is also loose in this work a
four-page MS. description of a set of 54 vols, of Dibdin, with memo-
randum by " C. B. Richardson."
Lowndes says ; — " This work contains much curious and important
bibliographical information not elsewhere to be found, and will at all
times be consulted, as a work of reference, by the Bibliographer,
Biographer and Historian. It is only the first portion ; a second
volume was to have appeared. Large paper, published at 5/. Jj.
Dent, pt. i. 611, morocco, 2/. 14!'. Second edition (with a few cor-
rections, but omitting the Cracherode breeches story, &c.), Lond.
1825, Svo. Published at i/. is. Large paper at 5/. 5J. A post-
script, containing a reply to the critiques on this work in the British
Critic, Westminster and Quarterly Reviews, of which a few copies only
were printed for private distribution. Svo. pp. 36."
V. Dibdin. Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Pic-
turesque Tour in France and Germany. With fine
impressions of the numerous beautiful engravings ; the vig-
nettes, by Lewis, on India paper. 3 vols. 4to, morocco
extra, gilt edges by Hayday to match the rest of lot 274.
London, 1821
Large paper. Only 100 copies printed. With the vignettes on
India paper. First edition, and superior to the second of 1829, as
it's abridged and omits — "all the original plates excepting five."
" For these volumes $25,000 waspaidfor engraving alone. One of
the most handsome that ever came from the British Press." — Scott,
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" One of the most beautiful and covetable books of modern times."
— SOUTHEY.
" The most splendid publication which in my days I have seen." —
Keibbert.
The bibliographer Lowndes states of the 1821 original edition; —
"This work contains much curious information respecting the MSS.
and rare works in public and private libraries abroad. It is printed
and embellished in the same style of excellence as the Doctor's other
works. A private plate of Diana of Poictiers is inserted in some
copies, at p. 478 of Vol. 2, engraved by Thompson from a picture by
Primaticcio, formerly in the collection of Qaintin Craufurd, now in
Earl Spencer's. This plate was destroyed after fifty impressions
were taken off. Another plate of the Comte de Brienne was engraved
as an additional illustration at p. 468 of Vol. 2. Also a View of the
Prater at Vienna, engraved by Corbould, from a drawing by G. Lewis,
at vol. 2, p. 469. An excellent critique on the work appeared in the
New Edinburgh Review. Jadis, 124, with portrait inserted, morocco,
15/. \is Dent, pt, i. 6og, g/. i^s. Nassau, pt. i. 968, russia,
14/. i^s. Large paper, in 410, 100 copies printed. Drury, 1133,
with numerous illustrations, morocco, 47/. 5J. Sir M. M. Sykes, pt.
i. 962, 21/. Brockett, mi, boards, 18/. its. Lang, 694, 21/. loj.''
The three very rare plates referred to above will be found in the
following volume.
VI. DiBDiN. A Series of Groups, Illustrating the Physi-
ognomy, Manners, and Character of the People of France
and Germany. By George Lewis. Containing sixty
plates suitable to illustrate the Original Edition of the Tour
in France and Germany. Bound uniformly by Matthews
to match the other vols, of lot 274, and lettered "Dibdin's
Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour. Vol. IV. Illustra-
tions." London, 1823
Largest paper. Genuine India Proof Impressions. Very
SCARCE in this size.
With the above are bound up Cotman's "Architectural Illustra-
tions of Normandy," inlaid to size and India paper impressions, as
well as the three extremely rare plates mentioned above.
These are — I. J. Thomson's " Diane de Poictiers, from an original
painting supposed to be by Primitaccio, late in the Collection of
Quintin Craufurd, Esq., and now in that of Earl Spencer at Althorp,"
of which only 50 were printed; II. "Comte de Brienne, Grand
Master of the Ceremonies to Francis the rst, etc., from an original
painting in the Collection of the late Quintin Craufurd, Esq., en-
graved by S. Freeman"; and III. "The Prater, Vienna, G. Lewis,
Del., G. Corbould, Sculp." The volume also has theportrait of "M. V.
F. Lamouroux, J. S. Cotman, delnt."
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Horatio Rogers says: — "It likewise contains one of the prints of
Diana of Poictiers, the plate having been destroyed after seventy- five
(query fifty) impressions had been taken off. ' I learn,' says Dibdin in
a foot-note to his Reminiscences, 'that 3/. 13^. td. has been given for
a single impression of this most original and fascinaiirg portrait.' "
VII. Dibdin. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Pictur-
esque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in
Scotland. By the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, D.D.
3 vols. 4to. Bound by Hayday to match the remainder
of lot 274.
'LoxiAovi, printed for the Author, MDCCCXXXVIII.
Large paper. 100 copies printed. "With the vignette cuts on
India paper as well as some of the plates.
In this work the author concluded his tours. It is an essential
companion to France and Germany; and, as it describes some collec-
tions that have ceased to exist, possesses an historical interest.
VIII. Dibdin. More (Sir T.). Utopia, translated by
Robinson, with copious Notes (including the whole of Dr.
Warner's) and a Bibliographical introduction by Dr.
T. F. Dibdin. Portrait and wood engravings on the title
and throughout the volume, with the rare plate of the
More Family. Small 4to. Bound by Matthews to match
the other volumes of the set with the top edge gilt,
others uncut. Large paper. London, 1808
' ' Large Paper. Forty copies only printed ; with the Private
Plate of 'The Family of Sir Thomas More, ' which is not in the
small paper copies." — Menzies's Catalogue, " prepared by ]o^'E¥YL
Sabin."
"The Romance of the Utopia has a very common fate upon it —
to be more known and admired all the world over than here at home."
— Bp. Burnet.
' ' When the Utopia of Sir Thomas More was first pubUshed it
occasioned a pleasant mistake. This political romance represents a
perfect, but visionary republic, in an island supposed to have been
newly discovered in America. ' As this was the age of discovery, '
says Granger, ' the learned Budeeus, and others, took it for genuine
history; and considered it as highly expedient that missionaries should
be sent thither, in order to convert so wise a nation to Christianity.''
— D'IsRAELi's Curiosities of Literature.
IX. Dibdin. Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a Descriptive
Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century,
and of many Valuable First Editions, in the Library of
George John, Earl Spencer, K.G., etc. etc. etc. By the
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Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Fine quartered
coat of arms of the Spencer Family by Sir Isaac Heard,
with numerous other engravings, facsimiles, etc. 4 vols,
imperial 8vo. Bound uniformly, by Matthews, with the
rest of lot 274 and with top edges gilt.
London, printed for the Author, 1814 15
A SPLENDID COPY and with Nos. X. and XI. of lot 274, make a
handsome and uniform library set of these important works. The
seven volumes complete were published in boards at twenty guineas.
In a recent catalogue Henry Sotheran & Co., the celebrated biblio-
poles of London and Manchester, England, asked £44 los. for a
large paper copy of the " Bibliotheca Spenceriana."
The duplicate of p. 509, Vol. III., containing the beautifully
engraved figure of Hesiod, printed after the volume was issued, and
wanting in many copies, is in its place in this.
' ' This catalogue contains only the works printed in the fifteenth
century and the Editiones Principes. It is compiled with the greatest
care and industry, and those who have had occasion to consult its
pages, can testify to its accuracy and great utility. The collection is
the finest private one in Europe; the catalogue will ever be regarded
as of the first importance to the theologian, the historian and the
critic, and as a perfect model for the bibliographer. " — Lowndes.
X. Dibdin. ^des Althorpian^; or, An Account of the
Mansion, Books and Pictures at Althorp, the Residence of
George John, Earl Spencer, K.G., to which is added
a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. With 32
beautiful engravings of the most important pictures in the
gallery, and charming woodcuts on India paper, a systematic
Catalogue of Editions of the Scriptures, and an Account
of the Aldine Editions. 2 vols, imperial 8vo. Bound by
Matthews uniformly in morocco, gilt tops, trimmed edges,
to correspond with the set. London, 1822
A very fine copy of this magnificent work. Mr. Farnum states that
— "Mr. Welf ord considers the impressions of the plates in the ' Althorp-
ianffi ' the finest he ever saw.
See the author's Reminiscences, II., 557-94, for the interesting
account of the publication of this work, where it appears that the cost
of engraving the portraits was upwards of ;^2,ooo.
" This work is intended as a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spen-
ceriana, forming Vols. 5 and 6. It contains an account of the Ances-
tors of Earl Spencer, a history of the mansion, with an account of
the pictures, and 32 engravings of the most important in the gallery,
a systematic catalogue of editions of the Scriptures, an account of the
Aldine editions, not contained in the former volumes. A supplement
to the works printed in the fifteenth century." — Lowndes.
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XI. DiBDiN. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed
in the Fifteenth Century, lately forming Part of the
Library of the Duke Di Cassano Serra, and now the
Property of George John, Earl Spencer, K.G. With a
General Index of Authors and Editions contained in the
present Volume and in the Bibliotheca Spenceriana and
^des Althorpianas. Imperial 8vo. Bound uniformly by
Matthews with the other volumes of the set in morocco,
with the top edge gilt.
'LovAon, printed for the Author, 1823
This forms another — the third and last — supplemental volume to
the "Bibliotheca Spenceriana," with an index to the seven vol-
umes, and completes that virork.
This series of seven volumes will always be a favorite with the
collectors of rare books, etc. , because they describe an actual col-
lection of books which will probably never be dispersed. See Home's
Bibl., II. 533.
" This forms the seventh volume of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, and
contains many rare and curious articles printed in the fifteenth cen-
tury, not described in the former volumes. The author in the preface
states ' that the descriptions contained in the seven volumes occupy
nearly 3,000 pages,' and adds, ' When the Study of Bibliography
shall be more generally cultivated, its uses will be more generally
acknowledged. It will be found to rank among those branches of
antiquarian research, which are as conducive to correct taste and use-
ful intelligence as any other. I have done everything in my power to
establish, on a firm foundation, the celebrity of a Library, of which
the remembrance can only perish with every other record of individual
fame.' " — Lowndes.
Together one lot of 24 vols., making a superb and magnifi-
cent set hardly to be equalled and of which all the volumes
are large paper copies with the exception of the " Bibli-
otheca Spenceriana," 7 vols., which are small paper but
range in height with the other 17 vols. The whole uni-
formly bound in the finest possible morocco binding —
polished, sage colored, with heavy tooling on the back,
sides and insides, with leather joints, mostly gilt edges all
round and a few gilt top edges only, the others trimmed
or uncut — the choice example of Charles Lewis's binding,
the above described " BibHographical Decameron " [minus
the coats of arms on the sides and crests on the backs]
being taken by the celebrated Hayday of London and
Matthews of New York as the patterns from which the
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remainder of the set were bound by them. Of this
remarkable set of 24 vols., with its beautiful pages, the
brilliant impressions of its engravings [including the rare
and costly inserted plates], and its superb reliure can be
employed the same language which the preparer of the
Menzies Catalogue used in describing that set—" In fine,
we do not hesitate to state, that, taking the collection
volume for volume, leaf for leaf, and plate for plate, its
purity and beauty of condition cannot be excelled, if
indeed equalled, by any other, either in, or out of, the
United States. It may here be remarked that no part of
the set has been subjected to the process of washing, as the
crisp and firm texture of each and every leaf, throughout,
will sufficiently testify."
275 DiBDiN. Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Pictur-
esque Tour in France and Germany. Second Edition.
With portraits and numerous highly-finished plates, steel vig-
nettes on India paper and many woodcuts, also numerous in-
serted and mounted illustrations. 3 vols, extended to 8, 8vo,
handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full red morocco
elegant, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
London, Robert Jennings and John Major, 1829
Unique and extraordinary extra illustrated copy, containing about
600 inserted plates, consisting of portraits, views, etc., etc. The por-
traits consist of rare and very scarce plates of royal and noble person-
ages, authors, statesmen, artists, churchmen, soldiers and miscellaneous
persons, of which a five-page MS. list is inserted. Some of the por-
traits and views are colored, and on page 370 of Vol. 8 is an illuminated
portrait of S. Francois Xavier on vellum. There are also— a very rare
Bartolozzi before letters of "Hebe," after Cipriani; a fine por-
trait of Hollar, engraved by himself; a proof impression of Del-
VAUx's exquisite portrait of Gessner; an original title-page to a rare
edition of " Terence," engraved by Wm. Marshall; and a number of
views from Turner's " Rivers of France ' — original impressions, now
so scarce. Many of the engravings are of great rarity.
The "Tour in France and Germany" is a work of exhaustless
attraction for all lovers of the picturesque, and of bibliographical and
antiquarian lore, and Lowndes remarks of it — " This work contains
much curious information respecting the MSS. and Rare Works in
public and private Libraries abroad. It is printed and embellished in
the same style of excellence as Dibdin's other works."
" A work calculated to have as intoxicating an effect on the imagin-
ation of literary antiquaries as the adventures of the heroes of the
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Round Table on all true knights, or the tales of the early American
voyagers on the ardent spirits of their age. It has not passed, how-
ever, without some hostile (though unfounded) remarks from the
printers, binders, and librarians of France. Foremost among his an-
tagonists stands M. Crapelet, Imfrimeur, who has not only thrown off
a hundred copies of Mr. Dibdin's Thirtieth ' Letter, avecdes Notes,' but
has also printed for M. Licquet his version of the Ninth ' Letter,
avec des Notes' likewise, and the bookbinder, Lesne's Epistle to the
English Bibliographer. M. Crapelet is offended with Mr. Dibdin's cari-
cature of the ' Boulevards Italiens' with his request to have a private
plate of 'Madame son Epouse' (and still more, with his wishing to
have it done at his own expense), with his description of a Ccena Deum
at Mr. Crapelet's house, with his slily caricaturing or abusing the
younger Brunet (car il ne d'ecrit rien de sang f raid), with his vaunting
the superiority of English charities over others in his description of
those of Mme. Truettel, at Groslay, near Montmorency, and with his
having let out his name as the author of the ' Souvenirs de Londres. '
Mr. Dibdin replied to him satisfactorily in a small brochure entitled
' A Rowland for an Oliver,' of which only thirty-six copies were
printed. M. Licquet is now head librarian of the public Library of
Rouen; and M. Peignot, who fills the same office at Dijon, a Dibdino
Stat. His Two Letters are printed by Renouard. Last and least in
size, but greatest in virulence and even insanity of attack, is Lesne,
who brings both horse and foot to the encounter, and assaults with a
mixture of verse and prose." — Wrangham.
276 Dibdin. — A'Kempis (T.). The Imitation of Jesus Christ.
Translated from the Latin. Originally ascribed to Thomas
A'Kempis; with an Introduction and Notes by the Rev.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin, D.D. Imperial 8vo, cloth,
uncut. 'London, Major and Pickering, 1828
Large paper, only 50 copies printed, and extremely scarce. With
5 vignette plates. Proofs on India Paper in the text, and a loose
plate of the " Salvator Mundi," after Guercino, to face the title. Rici's
copy sold in 1870 for $67.50.
277 Dibdin. A'Kempis — Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ.
Translated from the Latin Original ascribed to Thomas
A'Kempis, by T. F. Dibdin, D.D. Frontispiece after
Guercino, and rubricated title. Svo, purple morocco, gilt
edges. London, W. Pickering, 185 1
Printed by " C. Whittingham, Chiswick."
" This is the most excellent book which ever came from the hand of
man : the Gospel being of Divine Original." - Fontenelle.
278 Dibdin. The Bibliomania; or Book Madness ; containing
some account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of this
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fatal Disease. In an epistle addressed to Richard Heber,
Esq. 8vo, boards, uncut. London, 1809
First Edition of this amusing and instructive book, now very
RARE. The great value of this work is in the Notes, wrhich abound
with anecdotes of books and book collectors, and an account of the
rarer articles in their collections, and the prices at which they were sold.
"I have not yet recovered from the delightful delirium into which
your ' Bibliomania ' has completely thrown me. Your book, to my
taste, is one of the most extraordinary gratifications I have enjoyed
for many years. " — Isaac Disraeli.
279 DiBDiN. Bibliomania, or Book- Madness. Reprint of
THE First Editon. 4to, sewed, uncut. London, 1809
Large paper, on heavy paper. " Privately reprinted for the Club
of Odd Sticks, 1864," to the number of 40 quarto and 57 royal octavo,
A most interesting supplement to any collection of Dibdiniana, and
exhibiting the influence and progress of the disease in America.
280 DiBDiN. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness: A Bibliographical
Romance, in Six Parts. Illustrated with Cuts. Thick 8vo,
calf gilt, sprinkled edges.
'London, Printed for the Author, 181 1
Very rare Second edition, with MS. Notes at the end.
' ' It would now be useless to pass an encomium on this work, as its
merits are so fully established as to have more than doubled the orig-
inal price of a volume now with difSculty to be obtained. — Gentle-
281 DiBDiN. Bibhophobia. Remarks on the present languid and
depressed state of literature and the book trade, in a letter
addressed to the author of the " Bibliomania." By Mer-
curius Rusticus. With notes by Cato Parvus. 8vo,
boards. London, Henry Bohn, 1832
Large paper. One hundred copies only printed for "those whom
it may concern." The above copy has a loose duplicate title-page.
" Fear is the order of the day. To those very natural and long-
established fears of Bailiffs and Tax-Gatherers, must now be added the
fear of Reform, of Cholera, and of Books." — P. 6.
282 DiBDiN. Poems. Vignette. 8vo, half morocco, top edge
gilt. London, Printed for the Author, iig-j
Very scarce; having been suppressed by the author. This copy has
Notes in John Allan's handwriting. He quotes — "The Duke of
York's copy sold for i6j-. at Brockett's £1 2s., and Bindley's^fi iSj.''
In the first edition of the Bibliomania is a curious note respecting
these Poems, from which it appears that 500 copies were printed, the
major part of which were destroyed.
"■ My only consolation is' (says the author), 'that the volume is
exceedingly rare! ' " — Lowndes.
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283 DiBDiN. Bibliography. A Poem in six books. With pre-
face and notes. 8vo, boards, uncut. London, 181 2
Very rare. Fifty copies only privately printed, not published, the
greater part of which were destroyed by the author.
" There is no title-page to this effusion from the pen of Dr. Dibdin."
— Martin.
284 Dibdin. Specimen Bibliothecse Britannicse. Specimen of a
Digested Catalogue of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books in
the English Language all appertaining to British Literature
and Antiquities. 8vo, half morocco, gilt edges.
London, 1808
Forty copies only were privately printed, not published.
285 [Dibdin.] The Director. A Weekly Literary Journal, con-
taining Essays on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and
Manners, Bibliographiana, &c. 2 vols, in i. Svo, calf.
London, Longman, 1807
Contains essays on literature and the fine arts, bibliographiana,
accounts of rare and curious books and book sales, sketches of modern
writers, eminent ancient artists, &c., by T. F. Dibdin, Sir H. Davy,
and Sir Thos. Bernard. With title-page to Vol. 2 supplied.
286 Dickens (Charles). A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a
Ghost Story of Christmas. With illustrations by S. Ey-
TiNGEj/n, engraved by A. V. S. Anthony. 4to, cloth,
gilt. Boston, 1869
With letter inserted of Anthony, the engraver, to Mr. Famum
respecting W. J. Linton, the celebrated British engraver.
287 Dickens. A Pickwickian Pilgrimage, by John R. G. Has-
SARD. i6mo, cloth. Boston, 1881
John R. G. Hassard is a member of the " New York Tribune " edi-
torial staff. He has written other captivating volumes.
288 Dictionary of Musicians from the Earliest Ages to the
Present Time. 2 vols. 8vo, half russia gilt. London, 1825
Comprising — " the most important biographical contents of the works
of Gerber, Choron, and Fayolle, Count Orloff, Dr. Burney, Sir John
Hawkins, etc., etc., together with upwards of a hundred original
memoirs of the most eminent living musicians and a summary of the
history of music."
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289 [DiLKS.] Old English Plays. Being a Selection from
the Early Dramatic Writers. 6 vols. 8vo, half morocco,
top edges gilt, others uncut.
London, Whittingham and Rowland, 18 14
Large paper and a fine copy. A desirable addition to Dodsley's
collection.
290 D'IsRAELi (Isaac). Amenities of Literature, consisting
of Sketches and Characters of English Literature. New
edition, edited by his Son, the Right Hon. B. D'Israeli.
2 vols. 8vo, half morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, Roxburghe
style. Boston, 1864
Large paper. Only 100 copies privately printed at the Riverside
Press, uniform with the following lot.
" The nick-nacks of literature collected in Mr. Disraeli's cabinet were
selected from sources not generally accessible to ordinary readers.
These volumes are not only admirably adapted to minister to the amuse-
ment of the lounger and refined trifler, but they have higher capacities,
as curious and authentic pictures of the manners of ruder times, and
records of the progress of letters from their rise in the dark middle ages
to almost the present era. "
291 D'Israeli. Curiosities of Literature, with a View of
the Life and Writings of the Author, by his Son. Portrait.
4 vols. 8vo, half Roxburghe morocco, uncut.
Boston, Riverside Press, 1864
Large paper. Only 100 copies privately printed .
292 D'Israeli. Literary Character, or History of Men of Genius
and Calamities and Quarrels of Authors. 2 vols, crown
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1859
293 [D'Israeli (I.).J Flim-Flams ! or. The Life and Errors of
my Uncle and his Friends. Plates by Dagley. 3 vols,
post 8vo, old calf. London, 1805
Printed by C. Whittingham. The above copy has the autograph
signatures of Lord Charles Augustus Fitz-Roy on the titles.
294 DoDD (Charles R.). A Manual of Dignities, Privilege and
Precedence : including Lists of the Great Public Function-
aries from the Revolution to the Present Time. Cuts.
Thick post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1843
By the author of Dodd's Peerage.
29s DoDSLEY (R.). Old [English] Plays ; Select Collection of,
with additional Notes and Corrections by Reed, Gil-
christ [and J. P. Collier]. 8vo. Together 13 vols.
96 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
Uniformly bound in yellow sprinkled calf, gilt, contents
lettered, marbled edges, with the 13th volume bound to
match, and stilted to the same size as the large paper
12 vols. London, 1825-33
Best edition on large paper, with the rare thirteenth
VOLUME.
In a foot-note to his account of the Farnum Library, Mr. Horatio
Rogers says : — "It is very difficult to pick up a perfect large paper
copy of the edition of ' Dodsley's Old Plays' in twelve volumes, pub-
lished by Septimus Prowett in 1825-27, with a supplemental volume
issued by William Pickering in 1833. One reason is that, after it had
become scarce, extra sets were made up, as far as possible, from
sheets left over, lacking signatures being supplied by printing new
ones, which but imperfectly matched the original. Another reason is
that the time of issuing the set stretched over several years. Mr.
Farnum in making up his set collected no less than three different
copies before securing a perfect one. The writer experienced almost
as much difficulty in making up an uncut copy on small paper. This
edition will probably always continue to be highly prized . The edition
recently issued, and edited by Hazlitt, will scarcely supplant it as Mr.
Hazlitt has omitted some plays that have recently appeared in the
collected works of their authors, but which are to be found in the
Prowett edition : he has also added some plays not to be found in
Dodsley."
This valuable work contains sixty of our best and scarcest Early Plays,
beginning with the first Dramatic performances, entitled ' ' Moralities
or Mysteries.'' Interspersed with much valuable information respect-
ing our early Drama and Poetry.
296 Donne (John, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's). Devotions with
Two Sermons. To which is Prefixed his Life by Izaac
Walton. Engraved front. i6mo, cloth.
London, William Pickering, 1840
Printed by C. Whittingham. Dryden called Donne — "the greatest
wit, though not the greatest poet, of our nation."
297 DoRAN (Dr.). Annals of the Stage, from Thomas Bet-
TERTON to Edmund Kean. Actors, Authors, Audiences,
with numerous portraits, etc. 2 vols, 4to, cloth, uncut.
N. Y., /. Widdleton, 1865
Large paper ; only 161 copies printed, above being No. 2g.
' ' His [Doran's] literary bent was manifested at the age of fifteen,
when he produced the melodrama of ' The Wandering Jew, ' which was
first played at the Surrey Theatre in 1822, for Tom Blanchard's benefit.''
— AlXIBONE.
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298 DoRB (Gustave). Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
A New and Revised Edition, with an Introduction by T.
Teignmouth Shore, M.A. Illustrated by Gustave
Dor£. 4to, half scarlet morocco, gilt edges. London, n. d.
Original Edition. Baron Munchausen not only told the most
extraordinary stories in the body of his work, but concealed his name.
It has been settled by recent investigations that the author was Pro-
fessor F. E . Raspe, who ran away from Cassel because he had been
caught in stealing articles from the cabinet of antiquities there. His
famous tales were likewise generally abstracted from the old Greek
story writers.
299 Dor^. Dante Alighieri. L'Enfer, traduction Francaise
de Pier Angelo Fiorentino, accompagn^e du Texte
Italien. Illustrated with the marvellous designs of Gustave
DoR^. Large" 4to, half morocco, gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges.
(A few pp. loose.) Paris, Hachette, 1862
Genuine first French edition, with brilliant impressions of the wood
engravings illustrating this wonderful book.
Full of the loftiest imaginative insight — the tenderest gaze of fancy.
' ' The most Dantesque work on Dante that was ever produced. " —
London Times,
300 DoRE. Cervantes. L'Ingenieux Hidalgo Don Qui-
CHOTTE DE LA MaNCHE PAR MiGUEL DE CeRV ANTES
Saavedra. Traduction de Louis Viardot. Illustrated
with upwards of 360 large illustrations and vignettes by
DoR^, engraved by Pisan. Large 4to, cloth, uncut.
Paris, Hachette, 1863
Original French edition, with the first impressions of the illustra-
tions.
These wonderful illustrations by Dore are distinguished by rich
humor, startling Rembrandt-like effects of light and shade, bold deal-
ings with form, and true studies of the human figure.
301 DoRE. La Sainte Bible selon la Vulgate. Traduction
Nouvelle avec les Dessins de Gustave Dor^. Illustrated
with original impressions of the wood engravings after the
remarkable designs of Gustave DoRifi. 2 vols, large 4to,
cloth, uncut. Tours, Alfred Mame et Fits, editeurs, 1866
Genuine First and French edition of Dore's magnificent Bible, with
superb impressions of his illustrations to the Holy Scriptures.
302 DoRE. The Same. Specimen Part of the English Edition.
98
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303 DORE (J. R). Old Bibles, or an Account of the Various
Versions of the English Bible. i6mo, cloth, uncut.
London, Pickering, 1876
" The hole byble was long before Wydiffe's days by vertuous and
well learned men, translated into the English tong ; and by good and
godly people with devotion, and soberness, well and reverendly red."
— Sir Thomas More.
304 Downing (A. J.). Treatise on Theory and Practice of
Landscape Gardening, adapted to North America, with a
View to the Improvement of Country Residences, etc.
Illustrated. Royal 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1844
With remarks on Rural Architecture.
305 Doyle (J. E.). Chronicles of England, from b. c. 55 to
A. D. 1485. Written and illustrated by J. E. Doyle.
Printed on thick-toned paper, and embellished with 81
colored engravings of remarkable events. Thick 4to,
cloth, bevelled sides, gilt edges. London, Longmans, 1864
Very scarce. The designs were engraved and printed in colors by
Edmund Evans.
306 Drake (Nathan). Essays and Literary Hours, being: —
I. Drake. Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical,
illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler.
Portrait and view. 2 vols. London, 18 10
II. Drake. Essays illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator,
and Guardian. Portraits, etc. 3 vols.
London, C. Whittingham, 1805
III. Drake. Literary Hours. 3 vols. London, 1820
Together 8 vols, uniform half morocco gilt, top
EDGES GILT, OTHERS UNCUT. London, 1805-2O
Large paper. The copy of the " Literary Hours" is from the
Library of J. G. Percival, and has his autograph signature. "If I '
were called to name the writer in the lighter walks of English litera-
ture, who, by his essays and ingenious illustrations of our standard
authors, is most calculated to refine the taste and to excite an ardent
taste for reading and literary pursuits, I should name Dr. Nathan
Drake . ' ' — Cleveland .
307 Drake. The Gleaner : A Series of Periodical Essays ;
Selected and Arranged from Scarce or Neglected Volumes,
with an Introduction and Notes. 4 vols. 8vo, half calf
gilt. London, 18 11
The Gleaner is a collection of essays selected from authors not in-
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eluded in the British Essayists. Dr. AUibone writes as follows respect-
ing Nathan Drake's works — " We have been surprised and mortified
to notice the shameful ignorance prevailing in America respecting the
publications of this eminent writer."
308 Drake (Samuel G.). The History and Antiquities of Bos-
ton, from its settlement in 1630 to the year 1770. With
Notes, Critical and Illustrative. Engraved portraits, views,
facsimiles, etc., with India proof portrait of the Author,
maps, and numerous woodcuts of coats of arms. Folio, half
morocco, cloth sides, marbled edge.
Boston, published by the Author, 1857
Large paper. " Of this edition (in folio) only loi copies printed,"
The above copy is — " No. 63 (signed) Laura M. Crane."
"One hundred copies only printed ; with the extra title-page, and
the scarce and fine portrait of the author from a private plate. This
splendid set contains one hundred and six additional illustrations, many
of which are scarce, including several proofs on India paper."— _/i?j«^A
J. Cooke Catalogue.
309 Drake. Book of the Indians ; or Biography and History of
the Indians of North America, from its First Discovery to
the Year 1841. Plates, portraits and maps. Royal 8vo,
cloth, uncut. Boston, 1841
Very scarce. The best and eighth edition, with large additions
and corrections.
" It is the result of a lifetime of labor, by one who spared no pains
to be at the same time faithful to the completeness and truthfulness of
history." — Thomas W. Field Catalogue.
310 Drayton (Michael). Poetical Works complete, with Life,
etc. Portrait. 4 vols. 8vo, calf gilt, citron edges, by
Hayday. London, 1753
Very scarce and a splendid copy of the best edition of Drayton.
Dibdin, on page 726 of the " Library Companion," says — "A third
and now scarce impression is that of 1753, 8vo, 4 vols. . . . These
editions contain notes upon the Polyolbion; notes full of curious and
erudite matters relating to the history and topography of our country. "
" In Drayton's works we may discern the liveliness of Spenser, the
happy power of Shakspeare, and all the skill of Ben Jonson."
311 Drummond (William, of Hawthornden). Poetical Works,
edited by Turnbull. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1856
"The Sonnets of Drummond," says Hallam, "are polished and
elegant, free from conceit and bad taste, and in pure unblemished
EngHsh. "
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312 Dryden (John). Complete Works, now first collected.
Illustrated with Notes, Critical, Historical and Explana-
tory, and a Life of the Author by Sir Walter Scott.
Fine portrait. 18 vols. 8vo, elegantly bound in calf gilt,
sprinkled edges. London, 1808
A superb copy.
" The public voice lias assigned to Dryden the first place in the sec-
ond rank of our poets — no mean station in a table of intellectual pre-
cedency so rich in illustrious names. It is allowed that even of the
few who were his superiors in genius, none has exercised a more exten-
sive or permanent influence on the national habits of thought and
expression. His manner is almost perfect. Magnificent versification
and ingenious combinations rarely harmonize with expressions of deep
feeling ; in Juvenal and Dryden, alone, we have the sparkle and the
heat together." — Macaulay.
313 DuYCKiNCK (Evert A. and George L.). Cyclopedia of
American Literature; embracing Personal and Critical
Notices of Authors, and Selections from their Writings.
From the earliest period to the present day. With por-
traits, autographs and other illustrations. 2 vols, royal 8vo,
cloth. N. Y., 1856
This first edition is printed on thicker paper than that of a later
date. The work contains personal and critical notices of authors and
selections from their writings, with 225 woodcut portraits, 425 fac-
simile autographs, and 75 views of colleges, etc.
" It well deserves a place in every American library." — Allibone.
314 DuNCKER (Professor Max). The History of Antiquity,
from the German, by Evelyn Abbott, M.A. Vols, i to
5 inclusive. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Bentley, 1877-81
Each volume of the above is sold separately by the. publishers at
a guinea per volume. In the preface to his work Professor Duncker
states : — ' ' My narrative embraces those independent civilizations of
the ancient East which came to exercise a mutual influence on each
other. First we follow the kingdom on the Nile and the kingdoms of
Hither Asia as far as the point where the nations of Iran began to
influence their destinies. Then I attempt to set forth the peculiar
development of the Aryan tribes in the valleys of the Indus and the
Ganges, down to the times of Chandragupta and Afoka. Then fol-
lows the history of the Bactrians, the Medes, and the Persians, until
the period when the nations of the table-land of Irana were united by
Darius with the countries of Western Asia, when Aryan life and Aryan
civilization have gained supremacy over the whole region from Ceylon
to the Nile and the Hellespont. The forms of life among the king-
doms of Asia are finally brought face to face with the more youthful
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civilization attained by the Hellenes in their mountain cantons. This
new development we follow down to the first great shock when East
and West met in conflict, and the Achaemenids sought to crush the
Hellenes under the weight of Asia. With the failure of this attempt
my history of the ancient world concludes."
315 DuNLOP (John). History of Fiction; being a Critical
Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction
from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the
Present Age. Second edition. 3 vols, post 8vo, calf gilt
(one back damaged). Edinburgh, 1816
Best edition. This pleasant and esteemed work gives an analyt-
ical account of the principal romances and works of fiction of all ages
and countries, from the earliest writers of Greece and Rome (Heliodo-
rus, Longus, Apuleius, etc.), down to the age of Boccaccio and Ban-
dello, in Italy ; Cervantes, in Spain ; Rabelais, Le Sage and La Fon-
taine, in France ; and Fielding and Smollett, in England ; with
especial attention to the ancient Romances of Chivalry, Heroic and
Pastoral Romances and Fairy Tales.
316 DuNLOP. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest
Period to and during the Augustan Age. Elegant vignette
heads. 3 vols. 8vo, calf, marbled edges. London, 1823-28
A iine copy of this very scarce and valuable edition, and including
the now rare third volume.
317 DuRER (Albert). Passio Christi: the Little Passion of
Albert Durer, edited by W. C. Prime. 37 wood engrav-
ings by this celebrated master, exactly reproduced in facsimile
from the rare originals, with portrait of Durer. Royal
4to, cloth, uncut.
N. Y., J. W. Bouton, 706 Broadway, 1868
Printed on heavy, glazed paper, and a splendid example of J. W.
Bouton's art publications.
The Little Passion of Albert Durer, consisting of thirty-seven wood-
cuts, has long been regarded as one of the most remarkable collections
of illustrations known to the world. Complete sets of the entire series
are excessively rare. The editions which have been published in
modern times in Europe are defective, lacking more or less of the
plates, and are of an inferior and unsatisfactory class of workman-
ship.
318 Durer. His Life and Works, including Autobiographical
Papers and Complete Catalogues, by W. B. Scott. Por-
traits, etchings and woodcuts. Square 8vo, cloth, red edges.
London, 1869
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319 DuRER. The History of the Life of Albrecht Durer,
of Nurnberg. With a Translation of his Letters and Jour-
nal and some Account of his Works. By Mrs. Charles
Heaton. With numerous illustrations, full page. 4to, cloth,
bevelled sides, gilt edges. London, 1870
Ten of the 31 illustrations in the above, and which are mostly speci-
mens of Durer's works, are reproductions by the autotype process.
320 DwiGHT. History of the Hartford Convention: with a
Review of the Policy of the United States Government,
which led to the War of 1812. By Theodore Dwight,
Secretary of the Convention. 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1833
321 Dyce (Rev. Alexander). Specimens of English Sonnets,
selected, with Notes. Square i2mo, cloth, uncut.
London, Pickering, 1833
Scarce. Printed by C. Whittingham.
" Mr. Dyce's notes are peculiarly delightful." — Literary Gazette.
322 Dyer (Thomas H., LL.D.). Pompeii: its History, Build-
ings and Antiquities. Map, plan, and -^oo woodcuts. 8vo,
pohshed calf extra, marbled edges. London, 1871
Third edition, and gives — "an account of the destruction of the
city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excava-
tions, and also an itinerary for visitors."
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323 If^^^ASTLAKE (C. L.). History of the Gothic
Revival; an Attempt to show how the Taste for
Mediaeval Architecture has since been encour-
aged and developed. With 48 beautiful engrav-
ings on wood. 4to, cloth gilt, bevelled sides, top edge gilt.
London, 1872
An attempt to show how the taste for mediseval architecture and
sestheticism has been encouraged and developed, and of which Oscar
Wilde is but a comparatively recent apostle.
324 Edgeworth (Maria). Works, i. e. : —
I. Edgeworth. Tales and Novels. With highly finished
frontispieces and vignettes. 18 vols, foolscap 8vo, yellow
calf extra, contents lettered, gilt top edges, others uncut,
by R. W. Smith. London, Baldwin &= Cradock, 1832
Best edition, including — Moral Tales, 2 vols ; Popular Tales, 2 vols;
Belinda, 2 vols; Castle Rackrent and Irish Bulls; Tales of Fashion-
able Life, 5 vols; Patronage, 3 vols; Ormond; Harrington and
Thoughts on Bores; Leonard and Letters.
II. Edgeworth. Helen, a Tale. 3 vols. 8vo, yellow calf
extra, gilt top edges, others uncut and bound by R. W.
Smith to match the " Tales and Novels."
London, Bentley, 1834
Second Edition. Never published precisely to match the above set
of eighteen volumes.
III. Edgeworth. A duplicate set of the 36 frontispieces
and vignette titles on India paper to the 1832 edition of
the " Tales and Novels " (some foxed). Royal 8vo, calf
gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (not uniformly bound with
the preceding). London, Bentley, 1832
Together 22 vols. Calf gilt, top edges gilt, others
UNCUT. London, 1832-54
Very Scarce. A beautiful set of the best and elegant edition.
" She [Miss Edgeworth] is the author of works never to be for-
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gotten; of works which can never lose their standard value as ' English
classics,' and deserve their honorable name more than half the dull and
licentious trash bound up in our libraries under that title." — Edward
Everett.
325 Edwards (E., Librarimi). Libraries and Founders of
Libraries. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1865
Large paper, and 50 copies only printed on thick paper. Now
out of print, and scarce.
This valuable bibliographical work is in a large measure based upon
documents hitherto unused, and upon personal examination of the prin-
cipal collections which are described.
325* Edwards. Memoirs of Libraries, including a Hand-
book of Library Economy, with nwiterous engravings of
early MSS. j facsimiles of types, bookbindings, etc. 2
vols, royal 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, Roxburghe
style.
Large and thick paper. Only 50 copies printed. This impor-
tant work was in preparation during upwards of thirteen years.
Neither France nor Germany can boast of a work treating the subjects
with a similar comprehensiveness, and in England the work has cer-
tainly had no predecessor.
326 Edwards (Edward). Anecdotes of Painters who have re-
sided or been born in England (intended as a continuation
of Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting). Illustrated with
34 plates, portraits, etc. Royal 4to, half calf.
London, 1808
Large paper and very scarce. The author was teacher of Perspec-
tive at the British Royal Academy.
327 Ellis (George). Specimens of Early English Metrical
Romances, Chiefly Written During the Early Part of the
XlVth Century, with an Historical Introduction, intended
to Illustrate the Rise and Progress of Romantic Com-
position in France and England. 3 vols, crown 8vo,
calf. London, 1805
Large paper, cut down. With autograph of " Jas. Hamilton
Stanhope " on the titles.
Sir Walter Scott addressed the Fifth Canto of Marmion to EUis
and in his "Diary" wrote : — "George Ellis was the first converser
I ever saw. His patience and good-breeding made me often ashamed
of myself, going off at once upon some favorite topic."
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328 Ellis, Percy and Southey's English Poetry, compris-
ing :—
I. Ellis (George). Specimens of Early English Poets,
with Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Poetry and Lan-
guage, and Glossary. Illuminated titles. London, 1845
II. Percy (T.). Reliques of Ancient English Poetry,
Old Ballads, Songs, etc., with some of later date, Notes
and Glossary. 3 vols. Illuminated titles. London, 1S47
III. SouTHEY (R.). Specimens of the Later English Poets,
with Preliminary Notices. 3 vols. London, 1807
Together 9 vols, post 8vo, uniform half smooth
MOROCCO gilt, top EDGES GILT, OTHERS UNCUT.
London, 1807-47
A handsome uniformly bound set. Ellis's " Early English Poets "
elicited Southey's Specimens and Percy's Reliques helps to make up a
selection of early poetry which has no rival.
329 Ellis (Sir Henry). Original I/Etters illustrative of
English History, with Notes and Illustrations. Portraits,
plates and facsimiles. 11 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt, marbled
edges (the third series stilted). London, 1824-46
The three series complete. ' ' With delight we recommend them
for curious illustration ; for corrections of long-received historical
theories ; development of famous characters ; discovery of new and
important facts — in short, for everything that renders such a collection
interesting in a country that is keenly alive to the value of such
researches."
330 Emerson (George B.). A Report on the Trees and Shrubs
growing Naturally in the Forests of Massachusetts. Nu-
merous plates and illustrations. 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth.
Boston, 1878
Most of the illustrations in the above volumes are colored.
' ' Every page seems replete with interest, both of things old and new,
rare and well known. We cheerfully recommend such a treatise as this
to the friends of Horticulture, feeling that the style and manner in
which the subject is treated will be pecuUarly interesting."— /<;«rKa/ (7/
Horticulture.
331 Emory (Wm. H.). Report on U. S. and Mexican Boundary
Survey. Maps and plates, some colored. 2 thick vols. 4to,
cloth. Washington, 1857-59
Contains some interesting particulars concerning the Pimo, Apache,
Navajo and Maricopa Indians, with engravings of Indian Antiquities
and portraits.
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332 Enfield (William, LL.D.). History of Philosophy from the
Earliest Times, drawn up from Brucher's Historia Critica
Philosophise. Folded diagram [soiled). 2 vols. 4to, sheep.
London, 1791
' ' A most valuable abridged translation of a very learned and admir-
able work." — Lowndes.
333 Engel (Carl). National Music : an Introduction to the
Study of, with Researches into Popular Songs, Traditions
and Customs. Frontispiece and music scores. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1866
" As regards the plan which I have adopted, it will be seen that this
volume is confined chiefly to the study of National Songs." — Author's
Preface.
334 Erasmus ; His Life and Character as shewn in his Cor-
respondence and Works, by R. B. Drummond. Portrait.
2 vols, crown Svo, cloth. London, 1873
■ ' A thoroughly well-digested work. Mr. Drummond has spared no
pains in thinking out his plan, and in the proper marshalling of his
facts, and the result is that we have an interesting work, written in a
clear and sensible manner."
335 Erasmus. In Praise of Folly, with Life and Epistle addressed
to Sir Thomas More. Illustrated with many curious cuts,
designed, drawn and etched by Hans Holbein, and portrait.
i6mo, half bound, gilt top edge, others uncut. London, n. d.
Reeves & Turner's Reprint. Isaac Disraeli states : — " Erasmus com-
posed, to amuse himself when traveling, his panegyric on ' Moria ' or
Folly, which was authorized by the pun he dedicated to Sir Thomas
More." It is elsewhere stated, however, that he wrote " Laus Stulti-
tise,'' of which the above is a translation, in eight days, while a guest
of Sir Thomas More, in 1509.
336 Erskine (Rt. Hon. Lord). Speeches when at the Bar
against Constructive Treason, with Memoir by Lord
Brougham. Edited by James Ridgeway. Portrait. 4
vols. 8vo, calf. London, n. d.
Best and third edition.
" As an advocate in the forum I hold him (Erskine) to be without an
equal in ancient or modern times." — Lord Campbell.
337 Evelyn and Pepys's Diaries, with North's Lives, i. e. :
I. Evelyn (J.). Diary, to which are added a Selection from
his Familiar Letters, and the Private Correspondence
between K. Charles I. and Sir E. Nicholas, and between
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Sir E. Hyde (afterwards Earl of Clarendon) and Sir
R. Brown ; edited from the Original MSS. by William
Bray, F.S.A. Portraits, views and sheet pedigree. 5 vols.
London, 1827
II. Pepys (Samuel). Memoirs of, comprising his Diary
from 1659 to 1669, with a Selection from his Private Cor-
respondence. Edited by Lord Braybrooke. Fine por-
traits by Kneller, Lely, etc. 5 vols. Best edition.
London, Colburn, 1828
III. North (Roger). Lives of the Three Norths, with
Historical and Biographical Illustrations and Notes by H.
RoscoE. Fine portraits. 3 vols. London, 1826
Together 13 vols. 8vo, uniformly bound in half calf
gilt. London, 1826-28
These are now scarce, and are the best editions of these delightful
performances which give a rare insight into the manners and customs
of the Courts of the Stuarts. The latter (Lives of the Norths) is ' ' one
of the most delightful books in the world," and forms a continuation
of Evelyn and Pepys's Diaries.
They present a true and most interesting portraiture of the busy and
important times of King Charles I., Oliver Cromwell, King Charles II.,
King James II. and King William. There are no books of their class
in the language for which it is mpre desirable that the widest possible
circulation should be obtained.
338 Everett (Edward). Orations and Speeches on Various
Occasions. Portrait on India paper. 3 vols, imperial
8vo, cloth. Boston, Little and Brown, 1850-59
Large paper. " If Webster is the Michael Angelo of American
oratory, Everett is the Raphael." — Tuckerman.
339 Everett (Edward). A Memorial of Edward Everett.
2 portraits and view of his library inserted. 4to, sewed,
uncut. Boston, Printed for the Society, MDCCCLXV.
Large paper, and printed on Whatman's drawing paper, of which
there were only 4 printed, the above being No. 4. But 75 copies in all
were printed, and of these only fifteen copies were left uncut,
340 EwALD (Heinrich). History of Israel to the Death of
MosES, translated from the German ; edited with a Preface
and an Appendix by Russell Martineau, M.A. 5 vols.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Longmans, 1869-74
The last three volumes are edited and translated by J. Estlin Car-
penter, M.A.
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341 ||>-— »^ ilALCONER (William). Shipwreck : a Poem ;
with a Life of the Author by J. S. Clarke. Il-
lustrated with a series of engravings on steel, by
FiTLER, after drawings by N. Pocock, the Marine
8vo, elegantly bound in Spanish calf extra, gilt
edges on red and inside borders. London, 181 1
Large paper and printed on silk paper, of which only five copies
were executed in this manner.
S. C. Hall says — ' ' ' The Shipwreck ' has always been popular, and
will remain so, while British sympathies are excited by those who
' Sweep through the deep,
While the stormy tempests blow.'
' ' It contains several fine descriptions of scenery. The characters of
the officers are drawn by a masterly pencil. The episode of Palemon
and Anna is exquisitely wrought."
342 Fau (Dr. J.) a7id Knox (Robert, M.D.). Anatomy of the
External Forms of Man intended for the Use of Artists,
Painters and Sculptors, 8vo, with separate quarto atlas of
28 plates of nudes, from the life, anatomical studies, etc.,
mostly colored. Together 2 vols, cloth.
London, Bailliere, 1849
Very scarce. The great value of these anatomical studies is that
the nudes are copied and colored from life and are not fancy idealistic
sketches.
343 Fairholt (F. W.). Tobacco : Its History and Associations.
With 100 illustrations by the author. Crown 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1859
Including — "an account of the plant and its manufacture, with its
mode of use in all ages and countries. ''
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344 Farquhar. The Works of the late Ingenious Mr. George
Farquhar: Containing all his Poems, Letters, Essays and
Comedies. 2 vols. i2mo, elegantly bound in light yellow
calf gilt, edges gilt. London, 1772
Tenth and best edition, corrected.
"Farquhar is a light and gay writer, less correct and less sparkling,
but he has more ease, and, perhaps, fully as great a share of the vis
comica. The two best and least exceptionable of his plays are the
' Recruiting Officer ' and ' Beaux Stratagem ' I say the least excep-
tionable ; for, in general, the tendency of both Congreve's and Farqu-
har's plays is immoral." — Dr. Blair.
345 Felkin (W.). History of the Machine- Wrought Hosiery
and Lace Manufactures. Folding plates. Thick royal
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1867
A handsome subscription book and of particular interest to collectors
of fine laces.
346 Fenn (J.). Paston Letters. Original Letters written during
the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III.,
by various persons of rank or consequence ; with Notes
Historical and Explanatory, edited by John Fenn. A
new edition by A. Ramsay. 2 vols, bound in i, square
8vo, half purple morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.
London, Charles Knight Ss" Co., 1840
A inost singular and valuable work, containing many curious anec-
dotes relative to this turbulent and bloody, but hitherto dark, period of
history, and elucidating not only public matters of state, but likewise
the private matters of the age, etc.
' ' A curious and unique collection of letters. They are an important
testimony to the progressive condition of society, and come in as a.
precious link in the chain of the moral history of England, which they
alone at this period can supply. They stand indeed singly, as far as I
know, in Europe." — Hallam.
347 Fergusson (James). Historical Inquiry into the True
Principles of Beauty in Art, more especially with ref-
erence to Architecture. Part the First (all published).
Colored frontispiece and numerous fine plates and wood en-
gravings. Thick imperial 8vo, half morocco, top edge
gilt. London, 1849
Large paper. Only the above has ever been published of this
valuable authority on art.
348 Fergusson. History of Architecture; in all Countries,
from the earliest time to the present day, including Modern
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Styles of Architecture, as well as Indian and Eastern
Architecture. With nearly 1,500 engravings. 4 vols, thick
8vo, half bound, gilt tops, other edges uncut.
London, 1873-76
Complete as far as published.
" Mr. Fergusson's beautiful and most popular books have superseded
all other Histories of Architecture. It is not only that the extraord-
inary abundance of his illustrations gives him a special advantage over
all his rivals or predecessors, but no other writer has ever had so firm a
grasp of his subject, or has been so well qualified to deal with it in all
its branches." — Saturday Review.
349 Fergusson. Rude Stone Monuments in all Countries,
their Age and Uses. With 234 illustrations. 8vo, cloth,
bevelled sides, uncut edges. London, 1872
" One gathers from the book a certainty that the author is profoundly
acquainted with his subject, and a disposition to accept his theories.
— Spectator.
350 [Ferrier (Mary).] Novels, i. ^.— Destiny, 2 vols. ; Marriage,
2 vols.; Inheritance, 2 vols. Together 6 vols. i6mo,
fresh uniform cloth, uncut. London, 1881-82
AUibone tells us Miss Ferrier, — " was the daughter of James Fer-
rier, of Edinburgh, one of Walter Scott's brethren of the clerk's table.
She was the authoress of three excellent novels. . . . She was a
favorite guest at Abbotsford, and her society tended to cheer the mel-
ancholy hours which clouded the last months of the life of the great
novelist."
351 Fichte (Johann Gottlieb). Popular Works — The Nature of
the Scholar, the Vocation of Man and the Doctrine of
Religion. 8vo, cloth. London, 1873
" His theoretic philosophy has already departed ; but the man,
Fichte, will ever be cherished as one of the noblest of his race."
352 Fichte, by Robert Adamson, M.A. Portrait. i6mo,
cloth. Phila., 1881
353 Fielding (Henry). Works ; with an Essay on his Life and
Genius by Arthur Murphy. 10 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt.
London, 1821
A very clean copy of this best and scarce edition.
' ' What a master of composition Fielding was ! Upon my word, I
think the CEdipus Tyrannus, the Alchemist, and Tom Jones, the three
most perfect plots ever planned ; and how charming, how wholesome
Fielding always is! To take him up after Richardson is like emerging
from a sick room heated by stoves into an open lawn on a breezy day
in May." — Coleridge.
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354 FiGuiER (L.). World before the Deluge. Illustrated by
208 engravings and 25 full-page Ideal landscapes of the
Ancient World by ^lo-ia. Cloth, uncut. London, 1865
Translated from the " Fourth French Edition " by " W. S. O."
355 FiGuiER. The To-Morrow of Death ; or, the Future Life
According to Science. i2mo, cloth. Boston, 1872
Translated from the French by S. R. Crocker.
356 Fisher. Drawing-Room ScrapBook for the Years 1844 and
1845. With steel plates and engraved vignette titles. 2 vols.
4to, cloth (covers loose). London, Fisher, 1844-45
357 Fisher (George P., Z'.Z'.). The Reformation. 8vo, cloth.
N. Y., 1874
This author is " Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Yale College."
358 Flaxman (John, Sculptor, R.A.). Compositions from the
Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante, no outline
engravings by T. Piroli, with quotations in Italian and
English. Large oblong 4to, half morocco. London, 1807
" The publication of these great works, combining the richest variety
of invention, with the most classical correctness, and all the grace of
simplicity, has made the beauties of Art familiar in every library in the
kingdom." — Quarterly Review.
359 Flaxman. Lectures on Sculpture, delivered before the
Royar Academy, with Life. Fifty-two plates by Lane, etc.,
and portrait. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut (title and front,
foxed). London, 1829
Very scarce. " These Lectures, as literary compositions, con-
taining a clear and commanding view of sculpture, ancient and mod-
ern — abundant in just sentiments and wise remarks, and such profes-
sional precepts as only experience can supply — merit more regard
than they have as yet received. The account of the Gothic sculpture
in England is as rich as a chapter of old romance, and infinitely more
interesting. The whole of the ' Lectures on Beauty and Compo-
sition,' ought to be familiar to the mind of every student." — Allan
Cunningham.
360 Flint (Robert). Anti-Theistic Theories. Crown 8vo, cloth,
uncut. Edinburgh and London, 1879
The Baird Lectures for 1877.
361 Foote (Samuel). The Dramatic Works of, to which is Pre-
fixed a Life of the Author. 2 vols. i2mo, elegantly bound
in light yellow calf gilt, edges gilt. London, 1797
Rare and a handsome copy. " As yet no complete edition of this
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celebrated writer's dramatic pieces has appeared, but the plays, having
been nearly all printed separately in 8vo, are sometimes collected." —
Lowndes.
362 Ford (John). Works, with Notes Critical and Explanatory
by William Gifford. New Edition carefully Revised
with Additions to the Text and to the Notes by Rev.
Alexander Dyce. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, James Toovey, 1869
Large paper. " Ford has few equals. It is greatly to be de-
plored that his taste was as bad as his genius was splendid, and that
his licentiousness disgusts even while his imagination charms." —
Allibone.
363 Ford. Dramatic Works of John Ford. With Notes Crit-
ical and Explanatory by W. Gifford: to which is added
Fame's Memorial and Verses to the Memory of Ben Jon-
SON. 2 vols. 8vo, calf extra. London, 1827
Best edition and very scarce.
"I know," says Gifford, "few things more difficult to account
for than the deep and lasting impression made by the more tragic por-
tions of Ford's poetry."
364 Ford. Fame's Memorial, an Elegy upon the Earl of
Devonshire, Ob. 3d Ap. 1606, by John Ford. Ed-
ited by Joseph Haslewood. 8vo, paper, uncut.
Kent, Lee Priory, 181 9
Rare. Only 100 copies printed at Sir Egerton Brydges's — " private
press of Lee Priory, by John Warwick."
365 Ford (R.). A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain, and
Readers at Home. With Notices on Spanish History,
Maps. 2 vols. i2mo, cloth. London, Murray, 1845
Very scarce and original ediiion.
" A cyclopaedia of learning in all matters pertaining to the Penin-
sula, the Hand-Book (t. e. , the above) deserves my gratitude, not only
as the most delightful of travelling companions, but as the principal
pioneer of ray researches in the artistic history of Spain. . . .
Yielding to the mistaken wish of his publisher that the volume should
be rendered cheaper and more portable ' many are the Wild Iberian
flowers,' says the author in his second edition (p. LVL), which has
been rooted out and more are the old stones of antiquity which have
been removed." — Stirling's " Artists of Spain."
366 Forrest (Edwin). Catalogue of the Library of, compiled
by Joseph Sabin. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Phila., 1S63
Privately Printed, and 175 copies only. Fine proof Portrait
by J. Sartain, and an interesting Autograph letter of Mr.
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Forrest inserted, in which he writes, February 6, 1856, to Geo. W.
Vesey, Esq. , saying — ' ' The Committee of the Forrest Light Guard,
had no authority whatever to intimate to you that I would become re-
sponsible in any sum for the use of the Ball Room. Respectfully, Edwin
Forrest."
367 FoRSTER (John). Sir John Eliot, a Biography, 1590-1632.
Fine portraits. 2 vols, thick 8vo, half calf, gilt marbled
sides and edges. London, 1864
One of Forster's expensive books and — "of the very highest value
to what we term our political literature." — London Morning Chronicle.
368 FoRSTER. Arrest of the Five Members by Charles the
First. A Chapter of English History Rewritten. Crown
8vo, half calf, gilt. London, i860
A life-like account by an English political radical, of a few of the
crimes which brought ' the head of the tyrant Charles Stuart to the
headsman's block.
369 Foss (E.). Judges of England, with Sketches of their
Lives, and Notices connected with the Courts of West-
minster from the time of the Conquest to the Reign of
Queen Victoria [1864]. 9 vols. 8vo, calf extra, marbled
edges. London, 1848-64
Complete and best edition.
"He [Foss] has written a book which has added more to our knowl-
edge of legal history than any single book published since Madox's
' History of the Exchequer.' " — Gentleman! s Magazine.
370 Four Old Plays — Three Interludes: Thersyte's Jack
Jugler and Heywood's Pardoner and Frere; and Jocasta,
a Tragedy by Gascoigne and Kinwelmarsh. Crown
8vo, cloth, uncut. Cambridge, George Nichols, 1848
With an introduction and notes by " F. J. C."
371 Fox (Hon. C. J.). A History of the Early Part of the Reign
of James the Second, with an Introductory Chapter; to
which is added an Appendix. Portrait of Fox and /\h por-
traits inserted. Royal 4to, morocco gilt, edges gilt.
London, Bulmer, 1808
Unique and Royal Paper. Fifty copies only printed in this size.
This handsome volume belonged to the late John Allan and has 46
extra portraits inserted, some very scarce, in illustration of the text.
Fonthill, £^ 3J. ; White Knight's, £',, without extra plates.
" The topmost step (of authorship) may be considered as
the tender of the leading booksellers of the day to become purchasers
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of Mr. Fox's Historical work, when Mr. Miller was the fortunate ad-
venturer at the price of FOUR THOUSAND GUINEAS."
' ' Five thousand copies of a quarto volume, with five hundred more
upon a larger paper, and yet another two hundred and fifty of an ele-
phantine size It was doubtless the boldest experiment ever
made with a large paper speculation; but it succeeded." — Dibdin's
Rem iniscences.
372 Fox. Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James
Fox. Edited by Lord John Russell. 4 vols. 8vo, half
calf extra, marbled edges. London, 1853-7
The historical value and interest of this work cannot be overrated.
It embodies a complete picture of the career of this celebrated states-
man, chiefly given in his own words, with an abundance of anecdotes
and recollections of his celebrated contemporaries.
373 Fox. Life and Times of Charles James Fox, by Lord
John Russell (including many extracts from his Speeches).
Portrait. 2 vols. Svo, cloth, uncut. London, 1859
In the history of the life of the great leader who took so prominent a
part in the main discussions of the House of Commons, from 1775 to
1806, there is necessarily much that is instructive and interesting, and
which throws additional light on this important period of our history.
374 Fox. Speeches of the Right Honorable Charles James
Fox in the House of Commons. 6 vols. Svo, tree marbled
calf extra, marbled edges a la Riviere. London, 1815
A beautiful copy of this now very scarce work.
375 Fox. The Early History of Charles James Fox. Svo,
cloth, bevelled sides, top edges gilt, others uncut.
N. Y., iSSo
The distinguished author is a nephew of Lord Macaulay and the
biographer of the great historian.
376 FoxE (John). Acts and Monuments of the Church, with
Universal History of the same ; with Preliminary Disserta-
tion by Rev. George Townsend. Edited by Rev. Ste-
phen Reed Cattley. Portrait and engravings. 8 vols.
Svo. Elegantly bound in tree marbled calf extra, gilt top
edges, others uncut, d, la Riviere. London, 1837-41
An elegant copy, uncut, of this best and scarce edition of this great
work. " The Book of Martyrs was, and yet is, one of the most extra-
ordinary and Popular Church Histories in the world."— Dibdin.
377 FoxE. — Martyrologia ; or, Records of Religious Persecu-
tion: being a New and Comprehensive Book of Martyrs of
Ancient and Modern Times, compiled partly from the Acts
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and Monuments of John Foxe, and partly from other
Genuine and Authentic Documents printed and in manu-
script. Plates. 3 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt, marbled sides
and edges. London, 1848-51
The best Library edition of this very Protestant work.
378 Franklin (Benjamin). Works, containing several Politi-
cal and Historical Tracts not included in any former edi-
tion, and many Letters, Official and Private, not hitherto
published, with Notes, and a Life of the Author, by Jared
Sparks. Portraits and facsimiles. 10 vols, imperial 8vo,
half purple morocco gilt, marbled sides. Boston, 1836-40
Large paper and very scarce.
This work is printed uniformly with the Writings of Washing-
ton. The whole of the first volume is taken up with an original Life
OF Franklin, containing many new particulars respecting the political
transactions of Franklin in the course of his long residence in Europe.
The researches of the editor in the public archives of England and
France brought into his possession a mass of valuable materials on this
subject which had not hitherto been published. No pains were spared
to procure, from every source, whatever could give truth and interest to
the narrative of his life.
The work embraces a complete collection of Dr. Franklin's writings,
methodically arranged, carefully revised, and illustrated with occasional
notes and explanations.
379 Franklin. Political, Miscellaneous and Philosophical
Pieces. Portrait and plates. 8vo, half morocco, cloth
sides. London, J. Johnson, 1779
The Rare first edition of Franklin's "Miscellanies." " In 1779
another collection was published in London, consisting of ' Political,
Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces.' These, few of which were in
print before, were edited by Benjamin Vaughan, an intimate friend and
correspondent of the author." — Allibone.
380 Franklin. Letters to Benjamin Franklin, from his
Family and Friends, 1751-1790. 4to, calf gilt, top edge
gilt. N. Y., C. B. Richardson, 1859
Large paper. Only 10 copies were printed in 4to, and 250 in royal
8vo. John Allan's copy, with three inserted portraits, and that of " S.
Bache" on India paper.
381 Franklin. Charter, Laws, and Catalogue of Books of the
Library Company of Philadelphia. 8vo, half morocco, top
edge gilt, others uncut.
Phila., printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1764
Rare. A fine clean example of Benjamin Franklin's typography.
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The last two pages (j. e., 149-50) are "A list of the present members
of the Library Company of Philadelphia, February, 1765," the name
of "Benjamin Franklin" standing at the head of the letter " F."
382 Franklin. — Parton (Jas.). Life and Times of Benjamin
Franklin. Portraits on India paper — beautifully printed
by Alvord. 2 vols, imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut.
N. Y., 1865
Large paper. Only 100 copies printed.
" A living and animated portrait of his great subject, full of interest
and instruction." — North American Review.
383 Freeman (Edward A.). Works, i. e.: —
I. Freeman. History of the Norman Conquest of England,
Its Causes and Its Results. 5 vols, thick 8vo.
Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1869-76
II. Freeman. Reign of William Rufus and the Accession
of Henry the First. 2 vols. Oxford, 1882
, III. Freeman. Historical Geography of Europe, with
colored maps in separate volume. 2 vols. London, 188 1
IV. Freeman. Comparative Politics with the Unity of
History. N. Y. [London], 1874
Together 10 vols. 8vo, cloth. Oxford, etc., 1869-82
The historical works of Prof. Freeman must be considered in many
particulars superior to those of either Macaulay or Froude.
"He never touches a question without adding to our comprehension
of it, without leaving the impression of an ample knowledge, and a
clear and powerful understanding." — Saturday Review.
384 Fremont (J. C). The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky
Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon and North
Carolina in the Years 1843-44. Maps and plates. Thick
8vo, cloth. Washington, 1845
This report of the " Pathfinder of the Rocky Mountains" is now
scarce.
385 Freneau (Philip). Poems, chiefly illustrative of the Events
and Actors in the American War of Independence. Post
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, John Russell Smith, 1861
Reprinted from the rare edition printed at Philadelphia in 1786.
Freneau enjoyed the friendship of Adams, Franklin, Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe, and the last three were his constant correspon-
dents while they lived. His patriotic songs and ballads, which were
superior to any metrical compositions then written in America, were
everywhere sung with enthusiasm.
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386 Frere. The Works of John Hookham Frere in Verse
and Prose, Memoir by Sir Bartle Frere. Portraits. 2
vols. 8vo, uncut. London, Pickering, 1872
Comprises his Contributions to the Microcosm and Anti-Jacobin,
also Poems, Translations and miscellaneous pieces.
" Frere is so perfect a master of the ancient style of composition,
that I would rather have his suffrage than that of a whole synod of
your regular antiquaries." — Sir W. Scott.
387 Froissart and Monstrelet's Chronicles, /. e. :
I. Froissart (Sir John). Chronicles of France, England,
Spain, etc., from the latter part of the Reign of Edward
II. to the Coronation of Henry IV., translated by Thos.
JOHNES. PVitA engravings traced from original illuminations,
12 vols. 8vo. Elegantly bound in half calf gilt, citron
edges, to match the " Monstrelet" below. London, 1805
Best edition scarce.
" I rejoice you have met with Froissart; he is the Herodotus of a
barbarous age ; had he but had the luck of writing in as good a
language he might have been immortal ! His locomotive disposition (for
then there was no other way of learning things), his simple curiosity,
his religious credulity, were much like those of the old Grecian." —
Gray's Letters.
Sir Walter Scott, in his " Tales of My Landlord," thus speaks of
the above: — "Did you ever read Froissart? " " No," said Morton.
"I have half a mind," said Claverhouse, "to contrive you should
have six months' imprisonment in order to procure you that pleasure.
His chapters inspire me with more enthusiasm than even poetry itself."
II. Monstrelet (Enguerrand de). Chronicles; contain-
ing an Account of the cruel Civil Wars between the
Houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the Possession of
Paris and Normandy by the English; their Expulsion
thence ; and of other Memorable Events that hap-
pened in the Kingdom of France, as well as in other
Countries, etc., and beginning at the Year 1400 where that
of Sir John Froissart finishes. Translated by Thomas
JOHNES. Numerous engravings traced from illuminations.
12 vols. 8vo. Uniformly bound in half calf, citron edges,
with the above described copy of " Froissart " and of
which it is the continuation. London, 1810
Best edition, and it should be noted that although the title-page
states " complete in thirteen volumes," it is really so in twelve, vide
Lowndes.
Thomas Johnes, the translator of Froissart and Monstrelet, was a
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bibliophilistic friend of T. F. Dibdin, who gives a most eulogistic
account of liis grand library. Allibone says — " In 1807 the splendid
mansion of Col. Johnes with much of its valuable contents was
destroyed by fire: the loss amounted to ;if70,ooo. The energetic
Bibliomaniac was not, however, to be discouraged, and built and
adorned a new edifice. Evelyn would have been delighted with the
colonel, for he planted above three millions of trees on his Cardigan-
shire estates."
III. [Froissart.J Illuminated Illustrations to Froissart.
Selected from the MS. in the Bibliotheque Royale, Paris,
and from other Sources. By H. N. Humphreys, Esq.
Being 74 illustrations beautifully illuminated in gold
AND colors. 4to, 2 parts in i vol. half crushed red levant
morocco, gilt top edge, others uncut.
London, W. Smith, 1844-45
Very SCARCE. This set of "Illuminated Illustrations" con-
tains beautiful impressions of the seventy-two Illuminations in
GOLD AND COLORS, of the FIRST ISSUE of 1844-45; published at twelve
guineas. In consequence of the wear of the stones the subsequent
issues are defaced and undesirable.
These superb illuminations to Froissart have now become very
scarce, in consequence, of the greater part of the edition having been
destroyed by fire in London.
Together 25 vols. 4T0 and 8vo, handsomely half
BOUND. London, 1805-45
A most desirable set, with the rare illuminated plates which should
always accompany the best edition of Froissart's Chronicles.
388 Froude (James Anthony). History of England from the
Fall of WoLSEY to the Death of Elizabeth. 12 vols.
8vo, cloth, uncut (6), and half calf (6). London, 18587-70
Rufus Choate's copy and with his autograph.
" Mr. Froude is no common writer; his style is vivid and emphatic;
he touches some of the most secret springs of the heart's passions; he
enchains our sympathies. " — John Bull.
389 Fuller (Thomas). Church History of Britain, from the
Birth of Jesus Christ until 1648. A new edition by the
Rev. J. S. Brewer, M.A. Eiigravings of arms, etc. 6
vols. 8vo. Bound by Hayday in polished calf extra, mar-
bled edges. Oxiovd, at the University Press, 1845
A beautiful copy and a fine specimen of Hayday's binding.
The works of this eminent writer are remarkable as having been
written by him during twenty years of continual removal from place
to place forced upon him by the cruel severity of the times.
The " Church History " contains many interesting memorials, thf
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result of long, active and extended research. It is a book never yet
superseded and no well-finished library of English History is complete
without it.
390 Fuller. History of the Holy War, and Fuller's
Holy and Profane States. 2 vols, post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Pickering, 1840
Printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press.
" Fuller was incomparably the most sensible, the least prejudiced,
great man of an age that boasted a galaxy of great men. . . In
all his numerous volumes on so many different subjects, you
will hardly find a page in which some one sentence out of every three
does not deserve to be quoted for itself as a motto or as a maxim." —
S. T. Coleridge.
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AIMAR (Geoffrey). The Anglo-Norman Met-
rical Chronicle of. Printed for the First Time
in its entirety, from the MS. in the British
Museum. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, J. Russell Smith, 1850
Scarce. The only complete edition of the Chronicle of this dis-
tinguished trouvere of the reign of King Stephen, and published at I2J.
by the Caxton Society, whose publications were limited to 110 copies,
and which were only sold in sets. This edition of ' ' Gaimar's
Chronicle " was edited by Thomas Wright, with illustrative notes and
an appendix containing the " Lay of Havelok," the " Legend of
Ernulf " and the " Life of Her ward."
392 Garrick. (David). Private Correspondence of, with the
most celebrated Persons of his Time, both natives and
foreigners ; now first published from the Originals, with
Notes and Memoir. 2 vols, royal 4to, cloth, uncut.
London, 183 1-2
Large paper. This interesting work, edited by James Boaden,
contains upwards of two thousand letters, comprising much of the
secret history, scandal, etc. , of the time in which Garrick lived. This
is a different work to the life of the great actor by Thomas Davies, the
discontented bookseller who foolishly turned actor, and whom Church-
ill's unmerciful, yet just ridicule, drove from the stage : —
" With him came mighty Davies ; — on my life
That Davies has a very pretty wife !
Statesman all over, — in plots famous grown, —
He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.''
393 Gay (John). Fables, with Life. Stockdale's fine edi-
tion, printed in large eype. 10 plates, iJ)' Blake, Audinet,
Wilson, etc., and inserted portrait. 2 vols, in i, imperial
8vo, calf. London, 1793
Largest paper. Very clean, and with proof impressions of the
plates.
"Gay's Fables are certainly a work of great merit, both as to the
quantity of invention implied and as to the elegance and facility of the
execution. "■ — H azlitt.
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394 Gay (John). Fables, with the Life of the Author. Em-
bellished with seventy elegant engravings. i6mo, calf.
'London, printed by C. Whittingham, 1808
" Jolie edition," — Brunet.
395 Gell (Sir Wm.) and Gandy (John P.). Pompeiana. The
Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii, with
beautiful line engravings by Goodall, Cooke, Heath,
Pye, etc. Royal 8vo, cloth gilt. London, 1852
" I leave Topography to classic Gell." — Byron's " English Bards."
This is the most satisfactory work ever published on Pompeii. It
gives in a small compass the result of the excavations for many years,
from the commencement of operations in 1748.
396 Gems of European Art, the Best Pictures of the Best
Schools, with Descriptions by S. C. Hall. 90 large and
beautiful line engravings by first-rate artists. 2 vols., imperial
4to, half morocco. London, George Virtue, 1846
Large paper. A beautiful drawing-room table book of a superior
class, comprising the finest pictures by Wilkie, Cal'lcott, Delaroche,
and other modem painters, as well as by Murillo, Claude, and other old
masters.
397 Gent. Life of Thomas Gent, Printer of York, written by
himself. Fine portrait, engraved by K\jG.Yoyi. 8vo, cloth.
London, 1832
Large paper. The author of this curious and hitherto unpublished
piece of Autobiography is well known by the several works of which he
was the author as well as printer. The narrative is full, written in an
easy and unaffected style, interspersed with several pieces of Poetry ;
and from the number of adventures he went through in early life, and
the characters and stories incidentally introduced, is extremely amusing.
His occupation as a printer necessarily introduced him to the acquaint-
ance of many literary men, and his book abounds with notices of
Authors, Printers, etc. , of the times in which he lived ; among others
occur the names of Bishop Atterbury, with whom he relates a singular
interview ; Brown Willis, and Dr. Drake, the historian of York, etc. The
book requires no encomium to those who have read Sou they 's " Doctor."
398 Gessner (S.). The Death of Abel : a Poem in Five Cantos
from the German, with Occasional Notes by W. C. Oul-
ton. With engravings by Kennerley, after the exquisite
designs of R. W. Satchwell {some foxed). Royal 8vo.
Curiously bound in russia gilt, panelled sides, marbled
edges. London, 1811
Lowndes does not mention this translation of Gessner's " Death of
Abel," but he states — " the works of this distinguished German poet
have been translated into almost every European tongue."
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399 Gesta Romanorum ; or, Entertaining Moral Stories, in-
vented by the Monks as a Fireside Recreation. Translated
and edited from the Latin by Charles Swan. 2 vols,
post 8vo, calf, uncut. London, 1824
Shakespeare, Chaucer, and others, are said to have taken many of
their plots from this celebrated work.
" They [the Monks] might be disposed occasionally to recreate their
minds with subjects of a light and amusing nature ; and what could be
more innocent or delightful than the stories of the Gesta Romanorum ?"
— Douce.
400 Geste (Edmund, S. T. P.). Life and Character of, by
Henry Geast Dugdale. Portrait [foxed, also title).
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, W. Pickering, 1840
Bishop Geste was the principal compiler of the liturgy of the Church
of England.
401 Gibbon (Edward). Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,
with Notes by Milman and Guizot. Edited by William
Smith, LL.D. Portrait and maps. 8 vols. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, Murray, 1862
' ' Gibbon's History is such an assemblage of merits that it must
always be considered as one of the most extraordinary monuments of
the literary powers of a single mind." — Prof. Smyth's Lectures on
Modern History.
402 Gibbon. Miscellaneous Works ; with Memoirs of his
Life and Writings, by himself ; and Notes and Narration
by Lord Sheffield. Portraits and plates. 5 vols, royal
8vo. London, 1814
Large and thick paper. Best edition. Scarce. Includes Gib-
bon's Correspondence with many eminent persons, journal of his
studies, remarks on the books read, antiquities of the house of
Brunswick, and numerous dissertations, historical, geographical, and
critical.
403 GiFFORD (WiUiam). The Baviad and Maeviad. i2mo, half
calf gilt. London, 181 1
Best edition of this famous satire, with the trial for libel of the
author on John Williams, ' ' Anthony Pasquin, " who was nonsuited, as
the big majority of all bringers of such suits should be, and who, as a
rule, only do so to court advertisement and obtain notoriety as pabulum
for their bumptious conceit. The alleged libelled one was himself not
only a champion Munchausen and slanderer, but a libeller also, for
after he left England for his country's good, and came like many an-
other of his tribe to America, Anthony Pasquin grossly abused Alex-
ander Hamilton and others in cold type.
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404 Gladstone (W. E.). Studies on Homer and the Homeric
Age. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Oxford, 1858
This valuable work of the Prime Minister of Great Britain is now
very scarce.
405 Gladstone. Juventus Mundi, the Gods and Men of the
Heroic Age. Vignette on title by Jeens, and colored plan.
Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1869
406 Godwin, (W.). History of the Commonwealth of En-
gland from its (!)ommencement to the Restoration of
Charles II. 4 vols. 8vo, calf gilt. London, 1824
Scarce. By the author of " Political Justice,'' the husband of
Mary Wolstonecraft, and father-in-law of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
' ' I cannot but consider the author of Political Justice as a philoso-
phical reasoner of no ordinary stamp or pretensions. That work, what-
ever its defects may be, is distinguished by the most acute and severe
logic, and by the utmost boldness of thinking, founded on a love and
conviction of truth." — Hazlitt.
407 Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von). Faust, a Tragedy.
Translated in the Original Metre by Bayard Taylor.
2 vols. 4to, half morocco, bevelled sides, top edges gilt,
others uncut. Boston, 1871
With original MS. letter inserted from the distinguished translator.
In Faust, Goethe has embodied the results of his mature and infinitely
varied experience, with his ripest, richest, and profoundest thoughts ;
the whole being wrought out with admirable skill, and everywhere illu-
mined, so to speak, with passages of the most exquisite poetry, touch-
ing in turn every chord of the human heart.
" It can be safely maintained that the rich and varied music of
' Faust ' has never before been as faithfully represented to English
ears." — Saturday Review.
408 Goethe. Reynard the Fox, after the German Version of
Goethe, by Thomas James Arnold, Esq. With illustra-
tions after Kaulbach, including " the Priest's Catastrophe."
4to, cloth, gilt edges. N. Y. [London], i860
Eaulbach has portrayed the expression of brute physiognomy with a
force and felicity hitherto unequalled in design as unsurpassed in excel-
lence. His series of engravings, illustrating Reynard, very far surpass
anything before achieved of a similar nature. In Vedder's Preface,
these illustrations are yet more highly praised: " Even the German
Shakespeare, Goethe," he says, " has made it the subject of a great
poem ; and kindred genius, in the person of Kaulbach, has illustrated
the work by the finest series of pictorial embellishments with which a
book was ever adorned."
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409 Goethe. Reynard the Fox, after the German Version of
Goethe, by Thomas James Arnold, Esq. With elegant
steel plates, after Joseph Wolf's spirited designs, and en-
graved title. 4to. Tree marbled calf extra, marbled
edges by Riviere. London, Nattali and Bond, 1855
This copy has the engraved title-page of— " William Pickering, 1853."
410 Goethe. Life and Works, with Sketches of his Age and
Contemporaries, by G. H. Lewes. Portrait. 8vo, cloth.
London, 1864
Second edition, partly rewritten. Each of the most powerful im-
pulses by which, in turn, the social and intellectual life of Germany in
turn was governed, found in Goethe its earliest and also its most
striking representative ; and while he interpreted the tendencies of the
age with felicitous intuition, and prefigured their results with wonder-
ful richness of imagination, he gained a firm hold on popular feeling
through that very coldness and practicality of moral sentiment which
always kept him, from an ethical point of view, on a level with the world
around him.
411 Goethe. Life and Times, by Hermann Grimm. Trans-
lated by Sarah Holland Adams. Portrait. 8vo, cloth.
Boston, 1880
412 Goldsmith (Oliver). Complete Works. Edited by
Peter Cunningham. Vignette titles and frontispiece. 4
vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Murray, 1854
Best and Library edition.
" In point of elegance and brilliancy of type all that the most luxuri-
ous bibliomaniac can wish, and just such books as the lover of good
literature would wish to put upon his shelves." — Literary Gazette.
" Mr. Cunningham, whose scrupulous exactness is generally known,
has furnished the first complete and accurate reprint of Goldsmith.
Numerous errors which had crept into previous editions are corrected,
omitted passages are restored, and entire pieces have been added."
— Quarterly Review.
413 GoLOWNiN (Capt, R.N.). Recollections of Japan. 8vo,
boards, uncut. London, 1819
Comprising — ' ' a particular account of the religion, language, govern-
ment, laws, and manners of the people."
414 GowER (J.). CoNFESSio Amantis. Edited and collated
with the best MSS. by Dr. Pauli. Finely printed in large
antique type by Whittingham. 3 vols. 8vo, calf antique,
bevelled sides, red edges. London, Bell and Daldy, 1857
A beautiful edition of these famous old metrical tales which delighted
the readers of the Middle Ages. The first edition was printed by
Caxton.
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415 Grahame (James, LL.D.). The History of the United
States of North America, from the Plantation of the
British Colonies till their Revolt and Declaration of Inde-
pendence. Portrait. 4 vols. 8vo, cloth (two leaves Vol.
4 wanting). Boston, 1845
" Mr. Graham has published the best book that has anywhere ap-
peared upon the History of the United States. He has corrected the
mistakes, whether of error or malignity, which his predecessors in the
same labors had committed." — North American Review.
416 Granger (Rev. J.). Biographical History of England,
from Egbert the Great to the Revolution, enlarged with
more than 400 additional Lives, by Caulfield. Illustrated
by several hundred fine portraits, including Richardson's ex-
tensive series, many portraits and autographs from Thane's
work, and other engravings. 6 vols, royal Svo, half calf,
top edges marbled, others uncut. London, 1824
Best edition. Fine impressions of the portraits.
That erudite literary authority and book lover, S. Austin Allibone,
speaks as follows respecting the results of ' ' Grangerism," which among
us is, in these days, known as the " demoralizing " habit of " Nassau-
ing ": — " The publication of Granger's work excited an eager compe-
tition for portraits, and, unfortunately, many of his disciples carried
their zeal to the highly censurable extreme of mutilating valuable works
for the sake of the portraits which they contained. Rowes Mores, in
his criticism upon Ames's ' Catalogue of English Heads,' is loud in his
complaint of these mutilators, often depredators — ' If this gou( for
prints and thieving continues, let private owners and public libraries
look well to their books, for there will not remain a valuable book un-
garbled by their coinnoseuring villainy, for neither honesty nor oaths
restrain them.' "
417 Grattan (Rt. Hon. Henry). Life and Times, by his Son,
Henry Grattan, M.P. Portraits. 5 vols. Svo, cloth,
uncut. London, Colburn, 1839
Published at £3 10s.
" He was a man of singular candor, and of great moderation ; and,
from his entrance into public life to the close of his illustrious career,
gave signal proofs of his moderation, of his extreme forbearance, nay,
of his gentleness." — Brougham.
418 Gray (Thomas). Poetical Works. Fcap. Svo, calf gilt,
top edge gilt, others trimmed. London, 1S5S
A beautiful copy of the Chiswick reprint of Pickering's Aldine edi-
tion, edited by Mitford, which is the most complete edition, containing
many pieces never before printed.
" Had Gray written nothing but his ' Elegy,' high as he stands, I am
not sure that he would not stand higher. " — Byron.
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4T9 Gray. Six Poems of, printed with large type on one
side only, with fine engravings from the designs of R.
Bentley — fine impressions {some foxed). Impl. 4to, old
calf gilt. London, Dodsley, 1753
Large and thick paper. Bentiey was the friend of Horace Wal-
pole.
"The poems and the plates recommended each other so well that
the whole impression was soon bought up." — Dr. Johnson.
420 Greene. Life of Nathaniel Greene, Major-General in
the Army of the Revolution. By George Washington
Greene. Portrait and map. 3 vols, cloth.
N. Y., 1867-71
The author's grandfather was the subject of this valuable work.
421 Greene (Robert). Dramatic Works, to which are added
his Poems, with some Account of the Author, and Notes by
the Rev. Alexander Dyce. 2 vols, crown 8vo, tree calf
extra, by Riviere. London, W. Pickering, 1831
Very scarce, and a beautiful copy. Only 250 copies printed and
by C. Whittingham.
AUibone says — " Greene was a boon companion with the dissipated
wits of the day, deserted a lovely wife, lived a profligate life, occasion-
ally chequered with partial repentance, and died of a surfeit of pickled
herrings and Rhenish wine," but adds — " as an author, Greene's merits
are undoubtedly considerable, and it is greatly to be regretted that he
was not always in the moral vein, which presents so striking a contrast
to his loose habits."
422 Grenville Papers. Correspondence [and Diaries] of
Rich. Grenville, Earl Temple, and of the Rt. Hon. G.
Grenville, their Friends and Contemporaries, edited from
the original MSS. by W. J. Smith. 4 vols. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1852-3
' ' In the third volume will be found some matter offered as evidence
that Lord Temple was the author of ' Junius.' " — Allibone.
423 Greville Memoirs. A Journal of the Reigns of King
George IV. and King William IV. By the late Charles
C. F. Greville, Esq., Clerk of the Council to those
Sovereigns. Edited by Henry Reeve. 3 vols. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1874
" No equally important contribution to the political history of the
last generation has been made by any previous writer. As a man of
rank and fashion, Mr. Greville associated, on terms of equality, with
all the statesmen of his time." — Saturday Review.
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424 [Griffiths (A. F.).] Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica ; or a
Descriptive Catalogue of a rare and rich Collection of
Early English Poetry ; in the Possession of Longman,
Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Illustrated by Occasional
Extracts and Remarks, Critical and Biographical. 8vo,
half morocco, top edge gilt. London, 1815
Unique. Very rare, large paper, and of which only 50 copies
were printed. John Allan's copy and sold at his sale for |ioo. Nassau's
copy, without plates, brought £'}, 5j. The above is illustrated with 50
inserted portraits, many of which are very rare.
This extraordinary collection of Old English Poetry formed part of
the extensive Library of Thomas Hill, and was sold by him to Messrs.
Longman & Co. , who employed A. F. Griffiths to make out the Cata-
logue. The initial at the beginning of each letter have very neat wood-
cuts of the poets from rare prints. Thomas Hill was the " Hull " of
Theodore Hook in his " Gilbert Gurney.''
' ' Deserving a place in every good library, from the interest-
ing information which it affords of the works of our early poets." —
LovirNDES.
425 Griswold (R. W.). The Republican Court, or American
Society in the Days of Washington. By Rurus Wilmot
Griswold. With twenty-one portraits of Distinguished
Women, engraved frorn Original Pictures by Woolaston,
Copley, Gainsborough, Stuart, Trumbull, Pine,
Malbone, and other contemporary painters. 4to, morocco
elegant, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
N. Y., D. Appleton &• Co., MDCCCLV.
A superb copy, with broad, wide margins, almost the appearance of a
large paper copy, and with excellent impressions of the handsome
plates.
' ' In this sumptuously printed and richly illustrated work, a view of
American society in the days of the Father of the Republic is presented
for the most part from original materials consisting of private cor-
respondence, etc. " — Allibone.
426 [Grose (F.).] Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
1785. i2mo, half morocco, gilt top edge, others uncut.
[London, 1869]
This is a genuine unmutilated reprint of the much-sought-after
First Edition oi Capt. Francis Grose's "Classical Dictionary of the
Vulgar Tongue," and contains words and explanations which in the
later editions have been either omitted or softened. It is said of the
author that his literary acquirements were far exceeded by his good
humor, his conviviality and his friendship .
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427 Grote (George). History of Greece, from the Earliest
Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with
Alexander the Great. Maps and plans, and fine por-
trait. 12 vols. 8vo, half calf extra. London, 1846-56
RUFUS Choate's copy, with his autograph.
"A great literary undertaking, equally notable, whether we regard it
as an accession to what is of standard value in our language, or an
honorable monument of what English scholarship can do." — Athe-
nautn.
428 Grote. Plato, and other Companions of Socrates.
3 vols. 8vo, elegantly bound in vellum extra gilt, bevelled
sides and red edges by Hayday.
London, John Murray, 1865
Intended as a supplement and sequel to the History of Greece by
the same author.
"He has composed an Encyclopaedia of Platonic Erudition,
adapted for the English reader, and put together with so much ani-
mation as to make the whole a fascinating book." — Reader.
429 Grote. Personal Life of George Grote compiled from
Family Documents, Private Memoranda and Original Let-
ters to and from Various Friends, by Mrs. Grote, portrait
and facsimile; — -also Minor Works of George Grote, with
Critical Remarks on his Intellectual Character, Writings
and Speeches, by Alexander Bain, portrait. Together
2 vols. 8vo, uniform cloth, uncut. London, Murray, 1873
430 Gruner (Lewis). The Good Shunammite (II. Kings, Chap.
iv., v., viii.). Exquisitely illuminated in gold and colors on
every page, with six miniatures after medieval examples.
Small 4to, elegantly bound by Hayday in smooth maroon
morocco, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
London, Longmans, 1847
An elegant volume and thoroughly in the spirit of the old Monkish
illuminators.
431 Guest (Edwin, M.A). A History of English Rhythms.
2 vols. 8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others trimmed.
London, W. Pickering, 1838
Very scarce.
432 GuiLLEMiN (A.). The Heavens. An Illustrated Hand-
book of Popular Astronomy, edited by J. N. Lockyer.
With ^() plates and numerous woodcuts. Royal 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, Bentley, 1868
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433 GuizoT (F.). History of Civilization. Translated by
William Hazlitt. Portraits. 3 vols, post 8vo, half
calf gilt (one cover loose). London, 1846
434 GuizoT (F.). Memoirs of a Minister of State from the
year 1840. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1864
435 GuizoT. Monk, or the Fall of the Republic and the Resto-
ration of the Monarchy in England in 1660. Portraits.
Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1866
Translated from the French by Andrew R. Scoble. To this vol-
ume is added — " Biographic Studies on the English Revolution; or,
Monk's Contemporaries."
436 GuRNEY. — Mrs. Gurney's Apology [for her adultery] in
Justification of Mrs. 's Friendship. Royal 8vo,
boards, uncut. Phila., Brotherhead, i860
Very rare. " Mrs. Gurney is thus allied by descent and marriage
with families of the first note, both in Europe and America, and holds
in her own right an almost princely fortune After
thirteen years of married life she voluntarily renounced her husband,
her children and her family, not in any moment of passion, but
through a calm conviction of reason, as she herself states, and left
England the mistress of a common groom from her stables." — Preface.
437 Gutenberg (J.). John Gutenberg, First Master Printer,
His Acts, and most remarkable Discourses, and his Death.
From the German, by C. W. 4to, half olive morocco, gilt
top, other edges uncut. London, Triibner &• Co., i860
Privately Printed, and only 100 copies.
" Only a few copies allowed to be sold by the book-loving amateur
who has produced this beautiful volume for presentation to his
friends."
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ADLEY (James). Introduction to Roman Law.
i2mo, cloth. N. Y., 1873
This valuable little volume gives a good account of the
Code of Justinian.
440 Hall (Rev. Robert). Works complete, with Life by Dr.
O. Gregory, and Observations on his Character as a
Preacher, by John Foster. Portrait. 6 vols. 8vo, calf
gilt, marbled edges. London, 1853
Best edition. " Mr. Hall, like Bishop Taylor, has the eloquence
of an orator, the fancy of a poet, the acuteness of a schoolman, the
profoundness of a philosopher, and the piety of a saint." — Parr.
441 Hall (S. C). Book of Gems ; or, the Poets and Artists of
Great Britain. Elegantly illustrated with exquisite engrav-
ings after Turner, Landseer, Maclise, Roberts, etc. 3
vols. 8vo, elegantly bound in crushed purple morocco extra
gilt, bevelled sides, leather joints, handsome inside tooling,
top edges gilt, by Matthews. London, 1836-8
The scarce first edition.
The above is claimed to be the finest piece of binding ever turned
out by Matthews.
A perfect gem in illustration, and one of the books issued at the
time when steel engraving (at its zenith) was diffusing its charms
through such works as Rogers's Italy and Poems, Campbell's Poems,
Watts's Lyrics, Byron's Childe Harold.
442 Hall. Book of British Ballads. Illustrated by several hun-
dred beautiful woodcut engravings on every page by the first
Artists. Morocco elegant, gilt edges. London, 1853
Early edition, very scarce.
It is scarcely possible to imagine a more attractive volume. The
decorations are of the very highest class from designs by Creswick,
Gilbert, Franklin, Corbould, etc.
443 Hall (Mrs. Matthew). Queens before the Conquest.
Fronts. 2 vols, small 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1854
What Miss Strickland has achieved for English Queens since the
Norman era, has been accomplished by Mrs. Hall on behalf of the
royal ladies who, as wives of Saxon Kings, have influenced the des-
tinies of Britain.
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444 Hall (Mr. and Mrs. S. C). Ireland, its Scenery, Legends,
Tales, etc. With 500 beautiful engravings on steel and
wood by Creswick, Harvey, etc. 3 vols. 4to, tree calf gilt
extra, marbled edges by Riviere.
London, How and Parsons, 1841
A handsome copy of the first issue.
" The Irish sketches of this lady [Mrs. S. C. Hall] resemble Miss
Mitford's beautiful English Sketches in 'Our Village,' but they are far
more vigorous and picturesque and bright." — Blackwood' s Maganine.
445 Hall (Mrs. S. C). Pilgrimages to English Shrines. With
notes as well as many illustrations by F. W. Fairholt,
F.S.A. 2 vols. 4to, half morocco gilt.
London, Hall, Virtue &= Co., 1850-53
Very scarce, both the first and second series.
446 Hallam (Henry). Works, i. e. — I. Introduction to Litera-
ture of Europe, 3 vols. ; II. Constitutional History of Eng-
land, 3 vols.; III. State of Europe during Middle Ages, 3
vols. Together 9 vols. Svo, bright new uniform half calf
gilt, contents lettered, marbled sides and edges.
Boston and London, 1853-54
" Mr. Hallam is, on the whole, far better qualified than any other
writer for the office which he has undertaken. He has great industry
and great acuteness; his knowledge is extensive, various and pro-
found; his mind is equally distinguished by the amplitude of its grasp,
and by the delicacy of its tact. " — Macaulay.
447 Halliwell (J. O.). Dictionary of Archaic and Pro-
vincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient
Customs, from the XlVth Century. 2 vols. 4to, half mor-
occo.
Brixton 'H\\\, printed for private circulation only, 1852
Large paper, only 112 copies printed for Students and Collectors
of Old Words and Provincialisms. An indispensable book to the
reader of our old Poets, Dramatists, Theologians, and other writers,
whose works abound with allusions of which explanations are not to be
found in ordinary dictionaries.
448 Halliwell. A Dictionary of Old English Plays, exist-
ing either in print or in manuscript, from the earliest
times to the close of the Seventeenth Century; including
also Notices of Latin Plays written by English Authors,
during the same period. Svo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, i860
Large and thick paper. This work was — ' ' not intended to sup-
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ply the place of the valuable introductions of Gifford, Dyce or Collier;
but rather to furnish brief, useful notes respecting the miscellaneous
early English dramas.''
449 Hamconius. — Martini Hamconii | Frisia | sev | de viris
rebvsqve | Frisiae illustribvs | libri dvo | opus ab Authore
recognitum, auctum, et Imaginibus Re- | gum Potesta-
tum, ac Principum exornatum | etc. Illustrated with nu-
merous portraits, on the corners of which are heraldic bear-
ings. 4to, old calf. Frankerse, 1620
Rare. From the Towneley library, with the armorial book-plate of
" John Towneley, Esq." Not mentioned in Brunet, who, however,
gives an account of his curious poem on Catholicity and Calvinism, in
which every word in the goo verses commence with the letter " C."
450 Hamerton (P. G.). The Graphic Arts. A Treatise on
THE Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and Engraving,
in comparison with each other and with Nature. With 54
illustrations after Ancient and Modern Masters — Raphael,
Maclise, Turner, Leigh, Mulready, Harding, Hol-
bein, DuRER, Bewick, Titian, Hollar, Rembrandt,
Holt, Hurst, Delanne, Visscher, Strange, etc., repro-
duced in facsimile. Thick 4to, vellum gilt, uncut.
N. Y., Macmillan [London], 1882
Large paper, uncut, and limited edition of 350 copies, printed on
THICK PAPER, with the plates on India paper.
Mr. Hamerton has enjoyed exceptional opportunities for gathering
the experience and information necessary to a work like the above.
Aided by the confidence of the most distinguished artists of his time,
Mr. Hamerton does not write from the limited experience of one man,
but expresses what may be fairly considered to be the state of existing
knowledge. Besides this, his peculiar work as Editor of The Portfolio
has brought him into the closest contact with black and white art in
all its reproducible forms, and made him minutely acquainted with
various processes of reproduction, and their respective merits. Such a
work as ' ' The Graphic Arts " necessarily required illustration. The
pubHshers spared neither trouble nor expense in illustrating it as com-
pletely as the present very advanced state of the printed arts would
permit. All kinds of engraving, and most kinds of drawing, are
represented, either by the best living masters or by the most able of
their younger brethren ; and with regard to the dead, their best works
are reproduced in very close facsimile.
451 Hamerton. The Unknown River, an Etcher's Voyage of
Discovery. With 37 illustrations on India paper, etched from
nature by the author . 410, cloth gilt, edges gilt.
London, Seeley, 187 1
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452 Hamerton. The Sylvan Year. Leaves from the Note-
book of Raoul Dubois, with 20 etchings by the author and
other artists. 4to, new cloth, gilt, bevelled sides, gilt
edges. Boston [London], 1876
453 Hamerton. Chapters on Amimals. Illustrated by 20 ex-
quisite etchings by J. Veyrassat and Karl Bodmer.
Square 8vo, cloth extra. Boston [London], 1874
454 Hamilton (Alexander). Works, comprising his Corres-
pondence, and his Political and Official Writings, exclusive
of the Federalist, published from the Original Manuscripts
deposited in the Department of State. Edited by John C.
Hamilton. Portrait. 7 vols. 8vo, cloth. N.Y., 1850-51
Very scarce. ' ' The name of Hamilton would have honored Greece in
the age of Aristides. May Heaven, the guardian of our liberty, grant
that our country may be fruitful of Hamiltons, and faithful to their
glory." — Fisher Ames.
455 Hamilton. The Life of, by his son John C. Hamilton.
Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1834-40
"A national work." — Hawks.
456 Hamilton, Madison and Jay. Fcederalist (The). A
Collection of Essays, written in favor of the New Constitu-
tion, as agreed upon by the Fcederal Convention, Septem-
ber 17, 1787. Reprinted from the Original Text, with an
Historical Introduction and Notes, by Heney B. Dawson.
Vol. I. Portrait on India. FAF^R. Imp. 8vo, paper, uncut.
Morrisania, 1864
Large paper. No. 115, of which 250 copies were issued. The
second volume is not yet published; but the text of the work is com-
plete in this volume.
"It ought to be familiar to the statesmen of every nation. " — De
TOCQUEVILLE.
457 Hamilton, Madison and Jay. Federalist (The). A
Commentary on the Constitution. Edited by John C.
Hamilton. 2 vols. imp. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Phila., 1865
Large paper. One hundred copies only printed in this size.
458 Hamilton (County Anthony). Fairy Tales and Romances.
Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1849
The ' ' Memoirs of Grammont " are universally admitted to be among
the most witty and entertaining that have ever been written. It was
described by Gibbon as " a classic work, the delight of every man and
woman of taste," praised and edited by Sir Walter Scott, printed in
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almost every language and every form, and found in every good his-
torical library. Some have said that it is too much imbued with the
spirit of Charles II.'s days to suit the severer code of the present age.
But the reasons which would keep these volumes away from the great
mass of readers would be equally applicable to nearly all writers of
Charles II.'s period, and to Pepys as well as Ariosto, La Fontaine,
Beaumont, Fletcher, Massinger, Hope, and even Shakespeare.
459 Hamor (Raphe). A Trve Discovrse of the Present Estate
of Virginia; and the Successe of the Affaires there till the
i8 of lune, 1614. . . . Written by Raphe Hamor
the yonger, late Secretarie in that Colony. 4to, sewed,
uncut. [London, 1615.] Albany, Reprinted, i860
Large paper, and of which only 200 copies were reprinted for Dr.
Charles G. Barney, of Richmond, Va. A beautiful and accurate
reprint.
460 Hampden (John). Memorials of, His Party and His Times.
By Lord Nugent. 12 steel portraits. Post Svo, cloth.
London, i860
This work occasioned Lord Macaulay's grand Essay on Hampden.
Robert Southey also reviewed this work in the Quarterly Review.
461 Hand-Book of Proverbs ; comprising Ray's English
Proverbs, with Index, etc., by Bohn. Post Svo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1855
Compiled by Henry G. Bohn^ the London second-hand bookseller,
who was proud of the honor of having been a " bookseller's salesman."
He had no arrogant conceit.
462 Hansard (G. A.). The Book of Archery, being the com-
plete history and practice of the art, ancient and modern,
interspersed with numerous interesting anecdotes. Numerous
steel plates and vignette title, after Stephanoff. Svo, green
calf extra, top edge gilt, others uncut.
London, Bohn, 1841-45
The best work on this interesting sport.
" The pictorial embellishments are some of the most beautiful we
have ever seen." — Art Union.
463 Harington (Sir J.). Nugae Antique, being a Miscellaneous
Collection of Original Papers in Prose and Verse, written
in the Reigns of Henry VIIL, Edward VI., Mary, Eliza-
beth and James I. Selected from Authentic Remains by
the late Henry Harington, M.A., and Newly Arranged
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with Illustrative Notes by Thomas Park, F.S.A. 2 vols.
8vo, calf. London, 1804
Best edition of this valuable work for the Shakespearean studeilt.
Allibone says Sir John Harington — " was a great favorite with his god-
mother Queen Elizabeth, although temporarily banished from Court
for writing a witty work upon an objectionable theme, entitled ' The
Metamorphosis of Ajax,' London, 1596, 8vo. A license was refused
for printing the work, yet it nevertheless went through three impres-
sions."
464 Harris (Thaddeus William). A Treatise on Some of the
Insects injurious to Vegetation. A new Edition, Enlarged
and Improved, with Additions from the Author's Manu-
scripts and Original Notes. Edited by Charles L. Flint.
Illustrated by colored plates and numerous wood engrav-
ings drawn from nature under the supervision of Professor
Agassiz. Royal 8vo, cloth, red edges. Boston, 1862
Large paper. 500 copies printed.
' ' The late Dr. Thaddeus William Harris was one of the commis-
sioners appointed for the Zoological and Botanical Survey of Massa-
chusetts while I was Governor of the State, in 1837. The entomo-
logical department was entrusted to him ; and in this country he had,
at the time, no superior, if he had an equal, which I doubt." — Edward
Everett.
465 Harris (Capt. William Cornwallis). The Wild Sports of
Southern Africa ; being the Narrative of a Hunting Expe-
dition from the Cape of Good Hope. Illustrated with
numerous colored plates. 4to, cloth, gilt edges.
London, 1852
' ' The Zoologist will find in this book many valuable accounts of the
habits of animals of the greatest rarity ; and the sportsman will read
of scenes of the most stirring description, and of shots which leave
nothing more to be wished from " eye, hand, lead and gunpowder.' " —
London Quarterly Review.
466 Harleian Miscellany ; a Collection of Scarce, Curious,
and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manu-
script as Print, selected from the Library of the Earl
OF Oxford, with the Supplement and large Additions and
Notes by T. Park. 10 vols, royal 4to, calf, gilt, marbled
ends and edges. London, 1808-13
Best edition. Scarce. Rufus Choate's copy bearing his auto-
graph on the fly-leaves.
Gough asserts that the number of pamphlets in the Harleian Library
was computed to be 400,000, From this vast treasure the jndefatiga-
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ble Oldys extracted between 600 and 700, which were published as the
' ' Harleian Miscellany. "
' ' This valuable political, historical and antiquarian work, an indis-
pensable auxiliary in the illustration of the Literature, Manners, etc. , of
the British, contains between 600 and 700 rare and curious tracts." —
Lowndes.
" To the importance of this collection of Tracts and Papers for
elucidating many historical occurrences, no person who feels inter-
ested in the discovery of truth can be inattentive. I hardly know of
any one collection, or set of volumes, likely to be productive of more
varied entertainment, especially if the reader have a philological
turn."— Dr. Dibdin.
467 Haslewood (Joseph). Reprints, i. e. : —
I. Painter's Palace of Pleasure, beautified, adorned,
and furnished with Pleasant Histories, and excellent
Novels, edited by Haslewood. 3 vols. London, 18 13
Only 165 printed ; published at ;f 10 lOs. each set.
The Palace of Pleasure is, without doubt, not only one of the earUest,
but one of the most valuable selection of tales published during Queen
Elizabeth's reign.
" The favorite book of the immortal Shakespeare."
II. Mirror for Magistrates, edited with Historical Notes,
etc., by Haslewood. 3 vols. London, 1813
Only 150 copies printed.
The popularity of this work, and its influence on English National
Poetry throughout the reigns of Eliz.abeth and James I. were very con-
siderable. The excellent notes of the editor render this edition most
valuable and interesting.
" 'This work,' says Wharton, 'suggested scenes to Shakespeare,
and was the origin of our historical plays. ' It is the joint production
of William Baldwin, Thomas Sackville and George Ferrars. Baldwin,
a schoolmaster and divine, is the chief author. (For George Ferrars,
see page 41.) Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset, born 1536, died
1608, ' was not more distinguished for his high official position —
Lord High Treasurer of England — than for the excellence of his poeti-
cal composition. ... Of this grand work, which ' illuminates
with no common lustre that interval of darkness which occupies the
annals of Enghsh poetry from Surrey to Spencer,' we had intended to
give an account, but to do justice to the subject requires far more
space than we can afford." — S. Austin Allibone.
Together 6 vols. 4T0. Elegantly bound by Riviere in
CRUSHED levant MOROCCO EXTRA, GILT EDGES ON
MARBLE. London, 1813
Large paper. A splendid set, and believed to be the finest copy
in America.
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468 Haslewood. Ancient Critical Essays upon English
Poets and Poesy, containing reprints of the Rare Works
of Puttenham, Gascoigne, Harvey, Spenser, K. James,
Webb, Harington, Meres, Campion, Daniel and Bol-
ton, edited by Joseph Haslewood. 2 vols. 4to, half
morocco, uncut. London, 1811-15
Fine, uncut copy. Only 200 copies were printed of the first
volume and 220 of the second. Most of the copies of the second
volume were destroyed by fire. Published at £fi bs.
469 Haweis (H. R.). Music and Morals. \\. Philosophical :
Music, Emotion and Morals ; 2. Biographical : Ambrose
to Mendelssohn ; 3. Instrumental . Violins, Pianofortes
and Bells ; 4. Critical : Music in England.] Illustrations.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 187 1
" Mr. Haweis writes not only fearlessly, but with remarkable fresh-
ness and vigour. In all that he says we perceive a transparent honesty
and singleness of purpose." — Saturday Review.
470 Hawkins (Sir John). General History of the Science and
Practice of Music. With 5 1 portraits, and numerous en-
gravings of musical instruments^, many pieces of old music, etc.
5 vols. 4to, calf. London, 1776
A very esteemed work. The above copy belonged to H. R. H.
Princess Sophia of England, and has her book-plate. Harwood's
copy fetched, 1858, at Sotheby's, £b ^s. dd.
471 Hawkins (Thomas). Origin of the English Drama, illus-
trated in its various Species, viz. : — Mystery, Morality, Tra-
gedy and Comedy by Specimens from our Earliest Writers,
with Explanatory Notes. 3 vols, crown 8vo, elegantly
bound in yellow calf gilt, gilt edges. Oxford, 1773
Very scarce. A catalogue of the contents of these volumes — also
of ' ' Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays — will be found in Harris's ' Cata-
logue of the Royal Institution.'"
472 Haydon (Benjamin Robert, historical painter). Life of,
from His Autobiography and Journals. Edited and
compiled by Tom Taylor. Second edition. 3 vols, crown
8vo, half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut.
London, 1853
A remarkable book relative to a remarkable man, who, like Chattertoa,
perished in his pride.
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473 Hazlitt (William). Works, viz. : —
I. Hazlitt. Table Talk, Original Essays on Men and
Manners. 2 vols. London, 1845-46
II. Hazlitt. Criticisms on Art, and Sketches of Picture
Galleries of England. 2 vols. London, 1843-44
III. Hazlitt. Plain Speaker, Opinions on Books, Men and
Things. 2 vols. London, 185 1
With autograph of " Richard Grant White."
IV. Hazlitt. Criticisms and Dramatic Essays on the En-
glish Stage. London, 1851
V. Hazlitt. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays.
London, 1848
VI. Hazlitt. Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the
Age of Elizabeth. London, 1840
VII. Hazlitt. Lectures on the English Poets.
London, 1841
VIII. Hazlitt. Lectures on the Comic Writers.
London, 1841
IX. Hazlitt. Round Table, Literature, Men and Manners.
London, 1841
X. Hazlitt. Winterslow — Essays and Characters.
London, 1850
Together 13 vols. i6mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1840-51
A desirable set of the best editions of Hazlitt's works, collected and
edited by his son-
Hazlitt — ' ' possessed in a very eminent degree what we are inclined
to believe the most important requisite for true criticism, — agreat na-
tural relish for all the phases of intellectual life and action." — TuCKER-
MAN.
474 [Hazlitt. j Liber Amoris; or, the New Pygmalion [by
William Hazlitt.] Engraved with vignette head (loose
and soiled). i2mo, boards. London, John Hunt, 1823
Rare. This little volume is an account of the strange love infatu-
ation of William Hazlitt, which eventually caused his death. Hazlitt
had formed a strong attachment to the housekeeper's daughter at the
house in which he had his chambers, and by whom he was deceived.
The title of this extraordinary work is adorned with a medallion portrait
of the individual. It was rigidly suppressed by the author's friends.
' ' Hazlitt had published a little book which was universally laughed
at, but which in one view of it greatly raised him in my opinion by
showing him to be capable of stronger and more agitating passions than
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I believed to be within the range of his nature — his ' Liber Amoris, or
the Modern Pygmalion' It bore upon its title-page an
engraved copy of a female figure, by what painter I forget at this mo-
ment, but I think by Titian — which, as Hazlitt imagined, closely re-
sembled the object of his present adoration." — De Quincey, " Recol-
lections of Charles Lamb."
475 Hazlitt (Wm. Carew, grandson of the preceding). English
Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases collected from the Most
Authentic Sources, Alphabetically Arranged and Annotated
by W. Carew Hazlitt. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1869
Printed at the Chiswick Press. "The impression of this book is
limited to 350 copies, of which 50 are on large paper. Whittingham
and WiLKlNS."
476 Hazlitt. Hand-Book to the Popular, Poetical and Dra-
matic Literature of Great Britain, from the Invention of
Printing to the Restoration. By W. Carew Hazlitt.
Thick 8vo, half morocco, all edges uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1867
A thick volume of 704 pages, including the " Post-Prsefatio."
This bibliographical work, which was an eight or nine years'
labor of love to the author, brings together a large variety of fresh
information and very numerous and important notices of undescribed
works and editions in early English and Scottish literature. One
branch of early English literature which, in existing works of refer-
ence, has been very superficially treated, receives peculiar attention,
and a new prominence to which it was fairly entitled. The author
stated before the publication of this work; — " I refer to our popular
literature in the strict sense of that term, and to our folk lore,
which are bound together by very intimate ties. I shall not scruple
to give a large space to Tom Thumb and Robin GooDFELLOVif; for
my purposes, these two heroes are worth more than a cart-load of
tracts, political and polemical. I purpose to enter at large into the
bibliographical history of all our romances of chivalry, all our jest-
books, all our drolleries, and all our old story-books."
477 Hazlitt. Remains of the Early Popular Poetry of
England, with Notes, etc., by W. C. Hazlitt. Crown
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Russell Smith, 1864
Large paper.
' ' The largest and most important assemblage of the early popular
poetry of England which has ever been submitted to the public." —
Preface.
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478 Hearne (Thomas, M.A.). Chronicles, comprising— Robert
OF Gloucester's Metrical Chronicle of England, with a
Preface, Notes, Glossary, and an Appendix by Hearne, 2
vols.; and Peter Langtoft's Metrical Chronicle of
England, to which are added a Preface, a Glossary, and
other curious Papers, by Hearne, 2 vols. Together 4
vols, royal 8vo, calf. London, Bagster, 18 10
Containing tlie most extensive glossary of early English literature
extant. It not only refers to the work itself, but gives many long
extracts from unpublished contemporary manuscripts.
479 Heaton (Mrs. Charles). A Concise History of Painting.
With illustrations in permanent photography. Crown 8vo,
cloth. London, 1873
480 Heine (Heinrich). Poems Complete — Translated in Original
Metre with Life by E. A. Bowring. Post 8vo, cloth.
London, 1861
Regarding Heine as a wit and humorist alone, his sayings and
opinions have a charm unrivalled in the history of literature. We
believe it was M. Thiers who said that he was the wittiest Frenchman
since Voltaire, and, in his power of the application of wit, and in his
readiness with it, he certainly was as universal as that extraordinary
spirit; while, as respecting his humor, he could be in tones as tender
as Sterne, and as savage and grave as Swift.
481 Helps (Arthur). The Spanish Conquest in America and
its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Govern-
ment of Colonies. 4 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1855-61
" The whole of this noble work is devoted to a history of the rela-
tions of the Indians of America to its Spanish invaders; and the effect
of their occupation and conquest upon the population, religion and
manners of the aborigines. The various narratives and histories,
which describe the awful destruction of many Indian nations by the
Spaniards, are criticized with true philosophical acumen, and the
veracity and capability of their authors fairly examined." — T. W.
Field.
482 Helps. Friends in Council. 2 vols, post 8vo, purple
morocco elegant, edges gilt by Westleys.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1851
Scarce. A beautiful copy of Pickering's edition. Handsomely
printed by C. Whittingham at Chiswick.
" A more pleasant book we have never read." — British Quarterly
Review.
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483 Hemans (Mrs.). Poetical Works, complete, with Life by
her Sister. Portraits and vignettes. 7 vols, foolscap 8vo,
half morocco elegant, gilt edges. Edinburgh, 1840-44
Best EDITION. " By far the most popular of our poetesses, alike
at home and beyond the Atlantic." — MoiR.
484 Herbert (G.). Works in Verse and Prose. Pickering's
handsome library edition, printed in large antique type, by
Whittingham. With fine portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, purple
morocco antique bevelled sides and gilt edges.
London, Pickering, 1853
Large paper. Only an edition of 250 copies was printed.
This edition contains the Proverbs, and many pieces never before
printed, with Notes by S. T. Coleridge, and Life by his first biographer,
Barnabas Oley.
' ' I pored over him all day long ; and, though I found not here what
I might have found, — a cure for my malady, — yet it never seemed so
much alleviated as while I was reading him." — Cowper.
485 Herculaneum et PoMPjfii ; Recueil g:en£ral des Pein-
tures, Bronzes, Mosaiques, etc., d^couverts jusqu'a ce
jour et reproduits, d'apres tous les ouvrages publics jusqu'a
present, avec un Texte explicatif par M. Barre. With 700
fine engravings by H. Roux, aine. 8 vols, imperial 8vo,
half red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut.
Paris, Didot, 1861-62
This is the most complete work on the discoveries at Herculaneum
and Pompeii, exhibiting all the paintings, bronzes, miniatures, etc.,
hitherto published in rare or expensive works, with the addition of
many others which have not previously appeared. The eighth volume,
containing the " Musee Secret," is curious and uncommon ; exhibiting
the lascivious indulgences of the ardent Pompeians as depicted upon the
walls of their baths and private apartments.
' ' We need not regret the departure of those times when modesty had
no cloak ; when, like the brute, man and woman stood before each
other unabashed at their nakedness . The facility of enjoyment gave
birth to satiety and disgust. A frightful corruption of morals was the
inevitable consequence of this state of things, for excess of debauchery
could alone reanimate desire, the prime mover of enjoyment. Eternal
glory to the religion which, overturning these impure idols into the mire,
and unrolling the code of chastity before our eyes, has made our sensa-
tions purer and our pleasures keener." — Fanin.
486 Herndon (W. L.) and Gibbon (L.). Exploration of the
Valley of the Amazon. Plates, maps, etc. 2 vols. (Parts i
and 2) 8vo, cloth. Washington, 1854
Of this popular work 40,000 copies were printed.
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487 Herrick (R.). Hesperides, or the Works both Humane
and Divine of Robert Herrick, Esq. Portrait. 2 vols,
post 8vo, half morocco. London, Wm. Pickering, 1846
Very scarce. Printed by C. W. Whittingham, Chiswick.
" Horace
He was but a sour ass,
And good for nothing but lyric ;
There's but one to be found
In all English ground
Writes so well, who is bright Robert Herrick."
—Notes upon Parnassus. 1658.
488 HiLDRETH (Richard). History of the United States of
America to the End of the Sixteenth Congress. 6 vols,
royal 8vo, cloth, top edges gilt. N. Y., 1^49-52
"I write undistorted by prejudice, uncolored by sentiment, neither
tricked out in the gaudy tinsel of meretricious rhetoric, nor stretched,
nor shortened, to suit the purposes of any partial political theory." —
HiLDRETH.
" By all competent critics in France, England and America, this
careful and laborious work is now regarded as the only trustworthy and
serious attempt yet made to tell the story of the rise and progress of the
great Republic with historic dignity and honesty. '' —N. Y. World.
489 Hindley (Charles). Old Book Collector's Miscellany ;
or, a Collection of Readable Reprints of Literary Rarities,
illustrative of the History, Literature, Manners, and Biog-
raphy of the English Nation during the i6th and 17th
Centuries. Facsimiles, etc. 4 vols. 8vo, half morocco, top
edges gilt, others uncut, Roxburghe style. London, 1871-73
" To carry out our term of 'Readable Reprints,' and, as no real
service is being rendered to literature by retaining the orthography of
the period at which the works were first published, the modern standard
of spelling will be used throughout, with the exception of such words
as would suffer by being altered, or the original sense in which they
were used destroyed ; in these cases the primitive spelling will be
retained. " — Preface.
490 Historic Illustrations of the Bible, with Descriptions,
EngUsh, French and German. The Four Series com-
plete. With upwards of 120 highly-finished engravings.
4 vols, in two. 4to, half morocco. London, Fisher, n. d.
These volumes contain many of the finest Pictures of the Old and
Modern Masters.
491 Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries concerning
the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America.
Plates. Vols, i to 8 inclusive. 4to, half morocco, cloth
sides. Boston and N. Y., 1857-64
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492 Hitchcock (E.). Religion of Geology and Its Connected
Sciences. Colored front. i2mo, cloth. Boston, 1851
493 HoBBES (Thomas, of Malmesbury). English and Latin
Works complete, collected and edited by Sir W. Moles-
worth. Portrait. 16 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1839-45
The only complete edition of the works of this celebrated writer,
who will ever be regarded aj one of the master spirits of English lit-
erature.
' ' Thomas Hobbes, in language more precise and luminous than has
ever been employed by any other metaphysical writer." — Macaulay.
494 Hogarth (William). Works, being 79 plates, engraved by
Hogarth himself, and many of which are early proofs and
original impressions, including the Harlot's Progress, Be-
fore and After, etc., etc. (a few slightly damaged on the
margins). Folio, old purple morocco gilt, edges gilt.
London
This copy belo iged to David Roberts, the artist and President of
the British Royal Academy. It has his visiting card with address
inserted.
This is an original set of Hogarth of extreme scarcity, and very
different to the modern touched-up copies. The collection consists
of the engravings, genuine impressions, sold by Mrs. Hogarth imme-
diately after the death of her husband.
' ' The anchor which held Hogarth fastest to the public favor was
the sincere and deliberate belief — prevalent among the more serious
of the substantial orders — that his works were in the highest degree
moral, and that they contributed to the inculcation of virtue and
piety The philosopher who ever preached the sturdy English
virtues that have made us what we are." — Comhill Magazine,
495 Hogarth. Biographical Anecdotes of, with a Catalogue
of his Works, etc. [by John Nichols]. Engraved title
front. 8vo, calf. 'LanAovi, John Nichols, x'j?>'-)
" Best edition, with a knife-and-fork vignette on the title-page." —
Lowndes.
496 Hogarth. Five Days' Frolic ; or, Peregrinations by
Land and Water. Illustrated by tinted drawings made by
Hogarth and Scott during the journey. 4to, cloth gilt.
London, n. d.
A graphic and most extraordinary picture of the hearty English
times in which these merry artists lived.
144
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497 Hogarth (George). Memoirs of the Musical Drama. Por-
traits. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf, cloth sides.
London, Bentley, 1838
Best edition. From the library of the late W. E. Burton. The
author was Charles Dickens's father-in-law.
"He brings general scholarship and cultivation to his task, and has
produced a very instructive as well as entertaining book." — Athe-
ncBum.
498 Hogarth. Musical History, Biography and Criticism. 2
vols. i6mo, half calf, cloth sides. London, Parker, 1838
From the W. E. Burton Library.
499 Hogg (Thos. Jefferson). Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Portrait. 2 thick vols, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Moxon, 1858
Never completed, owing to the objections of the Shelley family.
The book has become quite scarce, in consequence of its suppression in
Great Britain.
Shelley will be found to stand immeasurably higher than Byron.
Whatever may have been the errors of his head, his heart appears, by
the testimony of all who knew him, to have been eminently kind, gene-
rous and unselfish. And if his conduct seems occasionally to contradict
this view, it was a rare exception to the general rule ; while with Byron
the reverse was true, pride and selfishness was the rule, disinterested-
ness the exception.
500 Holbein (Hans). Account of the Life and Works of, by
R. N. WoRNUM. With steel portrait, fine wood engravings
and 2 photographic portraits from the drawings by Holbein.
Imperial 8vo, cloth, bevelled sides, all edges uncut.
London, 1867
With appendix containing Inventory of Pictures, Carvings, Embroid-
eries, etc. , belonging to King Henry VIII. at the time of his decease,
1517, and a Catalogue of Portraits by Holbein of English lords and
ladies of the Court of King Henry VIII., in Her Majesty's collection
at Windsor.
501 Holbein and His Time. By Dr. Alfred Woltman, trans-
lated by F. E. Bunnett. Handsomely printed on toned
paper, and illustrated with upwards of c,o fine engravings on
wood from original pictures by Holbein. Thick square
8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
London, Bentley, 1872
A charming biography.
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502 Holbein. Icones Veteris Testamenti, with English Text.
Illustrations of the Old Testament, engraved on wood from
designs by Hans Holbein. i2mo, cloth, uncut.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1830
"Instead of figures of Venus and Diana, and libidinous forms of
other goddesses, which only injure the mind by error, or poison it by
depravity, [he has exhibited] subjects connected with holy writ, which
point, finger-like, to the penetralia of Hagiography." — Frellon.
503 Holbein. Dance of Death, with an Historical and Literary
Introduction. 32 plates on India paper. Crown 8vo,
cloth (pages loose). London, John Russell Smith, 1849
*' The Grave's the Market Place where all men meet,
Both rich and poor, as well as small and great,
If life were merchandize that gold could buy,
The rich would live, the poor alone would die."
504 Holmes (Abiel, D.D.). The Annals of America, from the
Discovery by Columbus in the year 1492 to the year 1826.
Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth.
Cambridge, Hilliard and Brown, 1829
Clean copy of the Best Edition.
" One of the best works of the kind ever published. Everything of
importance in the history of America is related in a concise manner,
with copious and interesting notes and references to the original author-
ities. It is out of print and scarce." — Rich.
" Holmes's 'Annals' has now (1856) become a liber rarissimus, and
can rarely be purchased." — Allibone.
" It is the best repository of historical, chronological and biograph-
ical knowledge respecting America that can be found embodied in one
work." — Jared Sparks.
505 Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments. Macklin's Mag-
nificent Edition. Printed with exceedingly large and
beautiful type by Bensley, and illustrated with the splendid
series of engravings by the best English Artists {some slightly
foxed). Fine impressions. 7 vols, royal folio, russia, gilt
edges. London, Bensley, 1800
This splendid edition, printed by the famous Bensley, was published
at nearly £\oo without the binding. 850 copies only were printed and
for subscribers. It exhibits the utmost perfection of both the arts of
printing and engraving. " Thorpe, 1824, £yi ; Rivington, 1824, .,£■45."
506 Homer. Works. I., The Iliad, translated by A. Pope,
with the exquisite series of illustrations by Stothard, Fu-
SELi, Westall, etc., 6 vols.; and II., Odyssey, translated
by Pope, with the beautiful plates by Burney, Fuseli,
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Smirke, Singleton and Howard, 6 vols. Together 12
vols, royal 8vo, elegantly bound in green morocco extra,
gilt edges. London, 1805-06
Large paper. Du Roveray's edition, printed by T. Bensley, and
published at £,(i 6s.
" But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive
Indebted to no prince or peer alive." —
—Pope.
507 Homer. The Iliad, Odyssey and Batrachomyomachia,
of Homer, Prince of Poets, never before in any language
truly translated with a Comment on some of his Chief
Places ; done according to the Greek by George Chap-
man, with Introduction and Notes by Richard Hooper,
A.M. Portrait and engraved facsimile titles. 5 vols, post
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1857-65
Printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Second and best
edition.
" Chapman, when he lays aside the gravity of the philosopher and
poet, discovers an unexpected comic vein distinguished by equal truth
of nature and lively good humor. " — William Hazlitt.
508 Homer. Iliad. Translated into English Accentuated Hex-
ameters, by Sir John F. W. Herschel. 4to, cloth,
uncut. London, 1866
The author was the celebrated English astronomer and the only son
of his more distinguished father. Sir William Herschel.
509 Homer. Odyssey and Iliad, Translated into English by W.
C. Bryant. 4 vols. 4to, cloth, bevelled sides, gilt top
edges. Boston, 1870-2
510 Homer. Burlesque Translation of Homer. Numerous en-
gravings. 2 vols, in I. 8vo, half calf. London, 1797
" A work full of humor, written by Thos. Bridges, but which often
transgresses the bounds of decency. " — Lowndes.
511 Homer. Iliad, Odyssey and Hymns. Literally Translated
with Notes by Buckley. Portrait. 2 vols, post 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1857-60
512 Homes of American Authors; comprising Anecdotal,
Personal, and Descriptive Sketches, by Various Writers.
Illustrated with views of their residences from original
drawings, portraits, vignettes and facsimiles. 4to, cloth,
top edge gilt, others uncut. N. Y., Putnam, 1853
Scarce. First edition.
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513 Hone (William). Popular Works, viz.: — Every-Day Book, 2
vols.; II., Table Book; III., Year Book. With several
hundred woodcuts of old customs, remarkable characters,
curiosities, etc. 4 vols. 8vo, half morocco, marbled sides
and edges. London, 1826-32
A fine set of the scarce original editions.
" Reader, did you ever see Hone's Every-Day Book ? You cannot
do better than buy it directly. . . You will meet with . . spirit telling
descriptions of old customs, delightful woodcuts of old buildings, as
well as many a fine secret learned among the woods and fields, and
whispered by the ' season's difference. ' . . He has deserved well of the
naturalist, the antiquarian, and the poet, by his Every-Day Book, and
also by his Table Book." — Christopher North.
514 Hone. Ancient Mysteries Described. Especially the En-
glish Miracle Plays, founded on Apocryphal New Testa-
ment Story, including Notices of Ecclesiastical Shows, the
Festivals of Fools and Asses, the English Boy-Bishop, the
Descent into Hell, the Lord Mayor's Show, the Guildhall
Giants, Christmas Carols, etc. Copper and wood engrav-
ings. 8vo, calf gilt. London, 1823
Scarce. Original copy of the first edition, with colored ' ' Gog and
Magog " plate.
" Is it possible that the spells of apocrypha should juggle men into
such strange mysteries ?" — Shakespeare.
515 Hood (T.). Hood's Own; or, Laughter from Year to
Year. Both series. With several hundred cuts from
his own designs. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1846-61
This popular work contains some of the humorist's best productions,
including articles from his " Comic Annuals," and a graphic portrait of
himself in his " Literary Reminiscences."
516 Hooker (Sir W.). Journal of a Tour in Iceland, with Ap-
pendix containing an Icelandic Flora, etc. Engravings
and colored front. 8vo, half morocco, gilt.
Yarmouth, " not published," 18 11
Very scarce. Printed for private circulation only.
" The travels of this author [Hooker], Mackenzie and Henderson
would seem to leave nothing to be desired on the subject of this extra-
ordinary island and its inhabitants." — Stevenson.
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517 HoRNE (T. Hartwell). Introduction to the Study of Bib-
liography, with Memoir on the PubHc Libraries of the
Ancients. Engraved facsimiles. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, hand-
somely bound in brown russia gilt, edges gilt.
London, 18 14
Extremely scarce. Large paper, of which 50 copies were printed.
This is one of the few copies printed on Whatman's vellura paper.
The second volume contains a most complete list and description of
works on bibliography and literary history.
" On page 92, et seq., is a chapter on Mexican and North American
picture writing. Prefaced is a memoii on the public libraries of the
ancients. The most useful work of the kind in the English lan-
guage.'' — Saein's Dictionary.
518 HoRNE. Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowl-
edge of the Holy Scriptures. Edited by Horne, Ayre
and Tregelles. Facsimiles of Biblical MS. and maps.
4 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1872
This is a copy that should find a place on the shelves of the
New York Thirteen Club library. It is the ' ' thirteenth (and best)
edition."
519 HowiTT (William). Homes and Haunts of the most
Eminent British Poets. Second Edition. Wood en-
gravings. 2 vols. 8vo, calf gilt, marbled edges.
London, 1847
" An indissoluble sign of their existence has stamped itself on the
abodes of all distinguished men, a sign which places all kindred spirits
in communion with them." — The Citizen of Prague.
520 HowiTT. Visits to Remarkable Places ; Old Halls, Battle
Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in
English History and Poetry. Both Series. With numerous
illustrations by Samuel Williams. 2 vols. 8vo, half mo-
rocco, top edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1840
Scarce. First edition of both series.
"' A rich treat for all genuine lovers of literature, historical antiqui-
ties, and natural scenery." — United Service Gazette.
" His strength lies in a fresh and hearty appreciation of nature, of
costume, and of character." — London Athenaum.
521 HowiTT. Student Life of Germany. Numerous cuts and
steel frontispiece. 8vo, calf gilt, marbled edges.
London, 1841
Scarce. First edition, many plates, woodcuts, music, etc. The
best work on the subject.
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522 HuBER (V. A.). English Universities from the German. Ed-
ited by Francis W. Newman. Portraits, views, plates and
maps, some colored. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1843
Some plates are generally wanting in this work. This copy is per-
fect.
523 HuisH (Robert). The Public and Private Life of his late
Excellent and Most Gracious Majesty George the Third,
With portraits and other illustrations, with numerous added
plates s in all, 121 portraits and 2 1 views. 2 vols. 4to, red
morocco gilt. London, 1821
Unique. With 142 plates in all, including the inlaid and inserted
portraits and views. This copy was purchased at the John Allan
sale. It contains many scurrilous anecdotes of the British court and
courtiers.
" His work is most exact, and contains much solid information." —
Athenaum.
524 Hume (David.) Philosophical Works. Including all the
Essays and Exhibiting the more Important Alterations
and Correction in the Successive Editions published by
the Author. Portrait. 4 vols. 8vo, elegantly bound in
tree marbled calf extra. Edinburgh and Boston, 1854
Best edition.
" With the single exception of Bayle, he has carried the sceptical
mode of reasoning farther than any other modern philosopher.'' —
DuGALD Stewart.
525 Humboldt. Life of Alexander von Humboldt, com-
piled in Commemoration of the Centenary of his Birth.
By J. Lowenberg, Robert Ave-Lallenant and Alfred
Dove. Edited by Professor Karl Bruhus. Trans-
lated from the German by Jane and Caroline
Lassell. Portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1873
'■ My only conception of biography is that of historical truth." —
William von Humboldt.
526 Humphreys (H. Noel). History of the Art of Print-
ing; Its Invention, and Progress to the Middle of the
Sixteenth Century. With 105 plates, comprising fac-
similes frotn the most remarkable Block-Books, and from all
the important Typographical Monuments of Germany, Hoi-
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land, Italy, France, England, etc., including 44 facsimiles of
the press of Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde, Pynson, and
of the Earliest English and Foreign Bibles and Prayer-
Books. Imperial 4to, cloth gilt, uncut.
London, Bernard Quaritch, 1867
No. 14 of the first issue of the limited edition of 300 numbered
copies.
The illustrations to this work, unlike facsimiles produced by hand,
must necessarily be absolute reproductions of their originals. They
exceed one hundred in number, and frequently consist of represent-
ations of entire pages from many of the most interesting books pro-
duced by the early printers. Among them may be mentioned an entire
folio page from the first printed Bible, the magnificent work of Gut-
enberg, richly adorned with ornamental borderings by a contemporary
German illuminator. An entire page from the celebrated Psalter of
Schosffer, in which the large capitals are printed in colors, in rivalry
with the illuminators of the time. Pages from the first books printed
in Italy, France, Spain, Flanders and Holland, accompany the
account of the introduction of the printing-press to those countries;
and several such entire pages in facsimile illustrate the description of
the works of William Caxton, the founder of the printing press in
England. In addition to these and many illustrations of other kinds,
vrill be found a very interesting and an abundant series of examples
from the most richly decorated of the French " HoR^," and from the
profusely illustrated German books produced in the first half of the
sixteenth century.
"No such book for typographical collectors and all interested in the
progress of literature has ever appeared." — Welford.
527 Hunt (Charles Havens). Life of Edward Living-
ston, with an Introduction by George Bancroft. Por-
trait on India paper. Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut.
N. Y., 1864
Large paper; only 50 copies printed at the Riverside Press.
"Few have discharged more fully than Mr. Livingston that debt
which Bacon holds every one owes to his profession." — GiLPlN.
528 Hunt (Leigh). Stories from the Italian Poets, with Lives
of the Writers. 2 vols. i2mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1846
Large paper.
" Gossiping, graceful and searching." — Allan Cunningham.
" He is, in truth, one of the pleasantest writers of his time — easy,
colloquial, genial, humane, full of fine fancies and verbal niceties,
possessing a loving if not a ' learned spirit,' with hardly a spice of bit-
terness in his composition." - Whipple's Essays and Reviews.
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529 HusKissoN (Rt. Hon. Wm.). Speeches, with a Biographical
Memoir. Portrait. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Murray, 1831
" The speeches of Mr. Huskisson ought to be the manual of finan-
ciers.'' — London AthencEum.
530 Huxley (T. H., LL.D.). Lay Sermons, Addresses, and
Reviews. 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y,, 1870
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53^ ||^l!fr<*;l|HNE (W., Ph.D). Researches into the History
of the Roman Constitution with an Appendix
upon the Roman Knights. 8vo, cloth, trimmed.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1853
Printed by C. Whittingham.
532 ILLUMINATED MiSSAL. A FRAGMENT of an ILLUMINATED
Missal executed in the middle of the Fourteenth Century.
Being 54 pages of exquisite illuminations in gold and
COLORS ON VELLUM — the gold of all the capital letters highly
burnished and every page adorned with floriated borders.
i6mo, calf. Scec, XIV.
From the John Allan collection and with MS. notes on the fly-
leaf by that bibliophile.
An EXQUISITE specimen o£ the art of illumination in the 14th cen-
tury. In a recent catalogue issued by a Broadway firm, the sum of
ONE THOUSAND dollars is asked for a 15th century Flemish missal,
with seven full-page miniatures and 13 elaborately illuminated letters.
Other " Horse," or Hours, in the same catalogue, range from $800 to
$125, and it is therein truthfully stated that — "the difficulty of pro-
curing choice specimens of this sort is increasing very much, and
prices will continue to advance."
533 Imitations of Celebrated Authors, or Imaginary Reject-
ed Authors. Crown Svo, cloth. London, Colburn, 1844
Includes imitations of Lamb, Leigh Hunt, Jeffrey, Cobbett, Byron,
Hazlitt, etc.
534 Incidents of the Apostolic Age in Britain. i6mo, cloth,
uncut. London, Wm. Pickering, 1844
A handsome specimen of the press of " C. Whittingham, Chis-
wick. "
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535 Inman (Thomas, M.D). Ancient Faiths Embodied in
Ancient Names; or, an Attempt to trace the Religious
Belief, Sacred Rites, and Holy Emblems of certain Nations,
by an Interpretation of the Names given to Children by
Priestly Authority, or assumed by Prophets, Kings, and
Hierarchs. Profusely illustrated with engravings on wood.
2 vols, thick 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1872-3
"Dr. Inman's present attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred
rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, has opened up to him
many hitherto unexplored fields of research, or, at least, fields that
have not been over-cultivated, and the result is a most curious and
miscellaneous harvest of facts. The ideas on phallism developed in
a former volume receive further extension in this. " — London Book-
seller.
536 Irving (Washington). Life of George Washington.
Copiously and beautifully illustrated by the addition of very
numerous plates. 5 vols. 4to, half red morocco, gilt top.
N. Y., Putnam, 1855-59
Unique. Large paper copy. No. i of the i 10 copies printed
IN quarto.
This was the John Allan copy and was lot No. 1560 of that cata-
logue, the compiler of which was the late eminent bibliographer,
Joseph Sabin, and who was so overwhelmed with its unique
BEAUTIES that he stated in a note — " It is impossible to do justice to
this fine work in the limits of this Catalogue. It must be seen to be
appreciated."
The FIVE volumes are copiously and beautifully illus-
trated BY the addition OF 25O PORTRAITS AND PLATES, BESIDES
THOSE ISSUED WITH THE VOLUMES AND WHICH ARE INDIA PROOFS.
The PORTRAITS INCLUDE ABOUT gO DIFFERENT PORTRAITS OF
Washington, many of which are exceedingly rare.
Most of the engravings in these volumes are of great rarity,
many are India proofs and where necessary have been care-
fully INLAID TO QUARTO.
537 Irving. The Life and Letters of Washington Irving. By
his Nephew Pierre M. Irving. Profusely illustrated with
numerous inserted engraved portraits and views, also photo-
graphs. 4 vols. 4to, half morocco, uncut.
N. Y., G. P. Putnam, 1862-64
Unique and large paper copy, of which only 50 were printed. The
inserted plates, portraits, etc., added to this extensively illustrated copy
of the " Life of Washington Irving" were collected by the late John
Allan. Among them are included many portraits and views of great
rarity.
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538 Irving. Works. Complete, with his Life and Letters.
Revised Edition. With all the celebrated illustrations by
Darley, etc. 27 vols, square 8vo, half morocco, gilt, top
edges gilt, others uncut. N. Y., 1860-63
Large paper, Mount Vernon edition, of which size only 100 were
beautifully printed, on tinted paper.
This set includes — Life and Letters of Irving, 4 vols. ; Washington
Irving [Memorial], vrith extra plates inserted, i860; Life and Voyages
of Columbus, 3 vols. ; Life of Washington, 5 vols. ; Mahomet and His
Successors, 2 vols. ; Bonneville's Adventures; Alhambra; Oliver Gold-
smith; Astoria; Bracebridge Hall; Salmagundi; Crayon Miscellany;
Tales of a Traveller; Knickerbocker's New York; Conquest of Granada;
Sketch-Book; Wolfert's Roost.
"The delight of childhood, the chivalric companion of refined
womanhood, the solace of life at every period, his writings are an im-
perishable legacy of grace and beauty to his countrymen."
539 Irving. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
i2mo, cloth. N. Y., 1850
540 Ives (J. C). Colorado River of the West. Maps and plates.
4to, cloth. Washington, 1861
Scarce.
This river, flowing between perpendicular walls a mile and a
quarter in altitude, is not the only development of this exploration
which excites our interest. Lieutenant Ives was the first to give us the
results of an intelligent observer of the celebrated, yet almost mythical,
fortified villages of the Moquis Indians.
541 Italian Tales. Tales of Humor, Gallantry and Romance,
Selected and Translated from the Italian. With sixteen
illustrative drawings by George Cruikshank. Crown 8vo,
half russia, gilt, marbled sides and edges.
London, Charles Baldwyn, 1824
Rare. First edition of the celebrated Italian Tales with the rare
plate by George Cruikshank at page 58, and which was afterwards
suppressed. This relates to a very nasty theme and was properly with-
drawn.
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ISS
' ACKSON (Andrew). Life of, by James Parton.
Portraits. 3 vols, royal 8vo, cloth. N. Y., i860
Large paper. " He neither enriched himself by plunder
or peculation, nor engrossed office for his family, or waged a
moment' s war for ambition or conquest ; nor exercised a single new
power, or betrayed an old one, nor filled station an hour but from the
will of the people, or in conformity to the charter of their liberties."
543 Jackson (J.). Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical
and Practical. With upwards of 300 illustrations engraved on
W(?(7(/^ John Jackson. Imperial 8vo, half morocco, gilt
top, uncut edges. London, Charles Knight, 1839
Scarce. This is the original edition of this capital book and the
above is a fine copy of this exceedingly beautiful and valuable work.
The illustrations are very brilliant, and include the ' ' Map of Jeru-
salem '' and the ' ' View on the Canal at Venice, " both in tint and not in
all copies.
" The history of Wood Engraving is a noble volume, unique in its
way, and no library will be complete without it. Mr. Jackson's reputa-
tion rests upon a firm basis — his name is attached to some of the
brightest and best of modem engravings. He is one of the few living
pupils of Bewick — and one who follows in the steps and supports the
reputation of his celebrated master." — Polytechnic Journal.
544 Jameson (Mrs. Anna). Beauties of the Court of Charles II.
With a series of twenty-one portraits illustrating the Diaries
of Pepys, Evelyn, Clarendon, and other contemporary
writers, and after Sir Peter Lely, and other eminent
Painters. Imperial 8vo, cloth gilt, edges gilt. London, 185 1
India proofs of the charming series of engravings, including por-
traits of Nell Gwyne, Duchess of Portsmouth, Lady Denham, Duchess
of Devonshire, etc. , etc. Third edition enlarged .
This interesting volume gives us many piquant ghmpses into the life
and manners of the " Merry Monarch" and his courtiers, not to be
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obtained elsewhere. It forms an admirable companion to the diaries of
Pepys and Evelyn, and all the contemporary historians.
' ' An exquisite volume. It is the first time these lovely portraits have
been produced in a style worthy of the beauty and interest of the sub-
jects." — New Monthly Magazine.
545 Jameson (Mrs. Anna). Art Works, viz.:—
I. Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the Fine
Arts. With 55 drawings by the author and 152 woodcuts.
London, 1857
Second and best edition.
IL Legends of the Monastic Orders. Second edition
enlarged. With 11 etchings by the author and 88 woodcuts.
London, 1852
Second and best edition.
IIL Sacred and Legendary Art. Illustrated with 16
etchings and numerous woodcuts. 2 vols. London, 1857
Third and best edition.
Together 4 vols. 4to. Uniformly and handsomely bound in
morocco elegant, gilt inside tooling and gilt edges.
London, 1852-57
The best editions of Mrs. Jameson's works. These are the final forms
they took in all cases.
Eastlake, in his preface to " Kugler's Handbook of Italian Painting,"
truly remarks : —
Some acquaintance with the legends and superstitions of the Middle
Ages is necessary to the intelligence of many of the Italian and
German works of art as the knowledge of heathen mythology is to
explain the subjects of Greek vases and marbles. By a fortunate com-
bination of artistic talent and appreciation with precision of thought,
and a power of setting forth the older legends in poetical language,
Mrs. Jameson was singularly qualified for the task she had undertaken.
She at once succeeded in arousing an interest, and in supplying informa-
tion in a condensed and agreeable form.
" Mrs. Jameson's work would deserve a high place regarded only as
a book of antiquarian inquiry. With admirable taste and judgment,
both of pen and pencil, she has opened a curious branch of learning
well-nigh forgotten among us — the vestiges of which, nevertheless,
surround us on every side." — Edinburgh Review.
546 Jameson. History of our Lord, as exemplified in Works
of Art with that of His Types ; St. John Baptist and other
Persons of the Old and New Testament. Continued and
Completed by Lady Eastlake. With 31 etchings and
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281 wood engravings from paintings, mosaics and ancient
ivory carvings. 2 vols. 4to, new morocco extra, gilt edges.
London, 1865
Best edition. " One of the most eloquent of our female writers;
full of feeling and fancy ; a true enthusiast, with a glowing soul." —
Christopher North.
547 Jameson. Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memorials and
Fancies, Original and Selected. With illustrations and
etchings, some tinted. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1854
Large paper and best edition. In two parts— l. Ethics and
Character; 2. Literature and Art.
548 Jameson. Characteristics of Women : Moral, Poetical and
Historical. With highly-finished illustrations after the
author's designs. 2 vols. i2mo, half russia, gilt.
London, 1833
Second and best edition — corrected and enlarged. The later edition
has only poor impressions and less than one-half the plates in this
volume.
"Mrs. Jameson's Essays on the Female Characters of Shakespeare
are among the best. It was right that this province of illustration
should be reserved for a woman's hand." — Hallam.
549 Jameson. The Same. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1858
Large paper, uncut.
" Two truly delightful volumes." — Christopher North.
550 Jameson. Memoirs of the Early Italian Painters and of the
Progress of Painting in Italy from Cimabue to Bassano —
Revised. Numerous portraits and other illustrations. i2mo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1859
Uniform with Crowe and Calvacaselle's " Early Flemish Painters."
"This useful work comprises upwards of thirty biographies." —
Allibone.
551 Jamison (D. F.). The Life and Times of Bertrand du
GuESCLiN : a History of the Fourteenth Century, by D. F.
Jamison, of South Carolina. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
Charleston, John Russell, 1864
The author was president of the convention in Charleston, S. C,
which passed the ordinance of secession. This work was printed in
London, and published during the blockade of the Southern Ports.
552 Jardine (Sir W.). Naturalists' Library. With 1,200 colored
plates, and numerous portraits and memoirs of Eminent
Naturalists. 40 vols. fcap. 8vo, uniform half calf gilt, top
edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1833-43
Original edition. Sir W. Jardine's coadjutors in this admirable
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series were Swainson, Selby, Macgillivray, Waterhouse, Duncan, Hamil-
ton, Smith and others. The work is divided as follows: — Mammalia,
13 vols.: Icthyology, 6 vols.; Ornithology, 14 vols.; and Entomology,
7 vols.
An extremely desirable copy of this standard work, being an original
subscription copy, with very early impressions of the beautifully colored
plates before the erroneous numberings on some of the plates were cor-
rected.
' ' We could hardly have thought that any new serial would have
obtained our approbation so entirely as the ' Naturalists' Library!' but
the price is so low, the colored plates so elegant, and the descriptions
so very scientific and correct, that we cannot withhold from it our
warmest praise ; the whole is a perfect bijou, and as valuable as pretty. "
— Literary Gazette.
553 Jarves (James Jackson). Art Studies: the Old Masters
of Italy, Painting, etc. Beautifully printed on heavy toned
paper, with 43 outline engravings of Altar Pieces, Groups,
etc., selected from the Old Masters, 1200 to 15 17. Thick
8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1 86 1
Includes the Byzantine and best periods of art in Italy.
The art works of Mr. Jarves have been commended in the highest
terms by the London Atkenceum, the North American Review, and
other high-class authorities of that order.
554 Jefferson (Thomas). Writings: being his Autobio-
graphy, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Ad-
dresses and other Writings, Official and Private.
With Explanatory Notes, Tables of Contents and Indexes,
by H. A. Washington. Portraits, views, facsimiles, etc.
9 vols. 8vo, half morocco, bevelled sides, marbled edges.
Phila., 1854
The above work was compiled from the MSS. bequeathed to Thomas
Jefferson Randolph, the author's grandson, and purchased by Congress
in 1848.
" After Washington and Franklin, there is no person who fills so
eminent place among the great men of America as Jefferson." —
Brougham.
555 Jennings (Geo. Henry). An Anecdotal History of the
British Parliament, from the Earliest Periods to the Present
Time. 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1881
With — " Notices of eminent parliamentary men and examples of
their oratory."
556 Jenyns (Soane). Works, including Several Pieces never
before Published, to which are prefixed Short Sketches of
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the History of the Author's Family, and also of his Life,
by Charles Nalson Cole, Esq. Steel portrait engraved
by Heath after Reynolds. 4 vols, small 8vo, tree marble
calf gilt, marbled edges. London, Cadell, 1793
Very scarce. The history of Soane Jenyns's family given in this
work may perhaps clear up the mystery of ' ' the millions of pounds
sterling" waiting for the American and British Jenningses.
557 Jerdan (William). Autobiography of, with Literary and
Social Reminiscences, etc. Portraits and vignette titles. 4
vols, post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1852
Mr. Jerdan was the editor of the " National Portrait Gallery," the
author of the "Voyage to Isle of Elba," etc.
Comprising the most interesting anecdotes, sketches and corres-
pondence of the principal statesmen, poets, authors, artists, etc., of
the age.
558 Jesse (John Heneage). Historical and Biographical
Writings, comprising: —
I. Jesse. Memoirs of the Court of England from the Revo-
lution in 1688 to the Death of George the Second.
Plates. 3 vols. London, 1843
■ ' This work presents in an agreeable form facts which have hitherto
been known only to the laborious few." — London Times.
II. Jesse. Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign
of the Stuarts, including the Protectorate. Plates. 4
vols. London, 1840
" One of the most interesting works that has issued from the press
for many seasons." — London Atlas.
III. Jesse. George Selwyn and his Contemporaries, with
Memoirs and Notes. Plates. 4 vols. London, 1843
" We do not know a more entertaining book than this." — London
Examiner.
IV. Jesse. Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George
THE Third. 3 vols. London, 1867
This work will propably remain for a long time the most desirable
life of George III.
V. Jesse. Memoirs of King Richard III. and some of his
Contemporaries ; with an Historical Drama on the Battle
of Bosworth. Fine portrait of 'Rich Avm. 8vo.
London, 1862
Should be of great interest to Shakespearean students and collectors.
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VI. Jesse. Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Adherents.
Memoirs of the Chevalier, Prince Charles Edward, and
their Adherents. Plates and facsimiles. 2 vols.
London, 1845
VII. Jesse. London and its Celebrities, and Literary and
Historical Memoirs of London. Both series complete.
Plates. 4 vols. London, 1847-50
With the above is bound up the very scarce—" London: a Fragmen-
tary Poem, by J. Heneage Jesse, London, 1847."
" Full of curious matter, and will always be read and valued." —
John Bull.
The above making together 21 vols. 8vo. Elegantly
and uniformly bound in yellow calf extra gilt, edges gilt by
Zaehnsdorf. London, 1840-67
A magnificent set of the above works by Mr. Jesse, and which have
become very scarce.
" We know of no series of books, that of Horace Walpole perhaps
excepted, in which so much information is conveyed in so agreeable a
manner as in this series of historical, anecdotical works.''
559 Jesse (Edward). Anecdotes of Dogs. Numerous beautiful
steel engravings. 4to, uncut. London, ^^^Afey, 1846
' ' Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of
friends.'' — Pope.
' ' The excellent, interesting and instructive volume before us. " —
Gentleman's Magazine.
560 John Bull and his Wonderful Lamp ; a new Reading of
an Old Tale, by Homunculus. With illustrations designed
by the author. Small 4to, boards, uncut. London, 1849
The nom-de-plume " Homunculus " is neither given by Prof. John
Edward Haynes in his valuable "Pseudonyms of Authors," nor by
" Olphar Hamst " in the " Handbook of Fictitious Names."
561 Johnson (Samuel). Life of, including a Journal of his
Tour to the Hebrides. By James Boswell. — Croker's
edition. To which are added Johnsoniana, or Anec-
dotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Reynolds and others. With
Notes by various hands. Numerous steel portraits and
plates {some foxed). 10 vols, post 8vo, half morocco.
London, 1835
Best and first edition of Murray's pretty issue.
' ' We place Boswell's Johnson in our libraries as an enthusiast hangs
up his Gerard Dow in his cabinet — to be gazed at again and again,
to feed upon, and to devour." — Dibdin.
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562 Johnson. Lives of the most Eminent English Poets, with
Critical Observations on their Works. With Notes Cor-
rective and Explanatory by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A.
3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, John Murray, 1854
Best library edition. " Johnson strips many a leaf from every
laurel; still Johnson's is the finest critical work extant, and can never
be read without instruction and delight."— Byron.
563 Johnson. Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including
a Journal of the Tour to Hebrides by James Boswell,
Esq. A New Edition with Numerous Additions and
Notes by John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S. Four
portraits, one on India paper [some foxed). 5 vols. 8vo,
tree marbled calf, extra, marbled edges. London, 1831
Published at £'i-
564 JoHNSONiANA ; or. Supplement to Boswell, being Anec-
dotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson [not included in Bos-
well] . 45 highly-finished portraits, engravings, and auto-
graphs by Finden. India proofs. 4to, elegantly bound in
calf extra, marbled edges. London, John Murray, 1856
Large paper, India proofs. Best edition, containing many hun-
dred Anecdotes collected from a great variety of sources, edited by J.
W. Croker. Some of the plates are slightly foxed.
565 '^oiLHSon {]., Printer of the Lee Friory books). Typographi-
cal and Literary Antiquities of Great Britain, including
an Account of the Origin of Printing, Biographies of the
English Printers from Caxton to the Seventeenth Cen-
tury, Descriptions of Early-Printed Books, Ancient and
Modern Alphabets. Portraits and printers' marks. 2 vols.
Svo, half morocco extra, gilt top edges. London, 1824
Largest paper and Roxburghe edition, of which 36 copies only
were printed. Very scarce, with portraits of author and Caxton,
also title-pages on India paper. Published at £/^ 4J-. Contains the
essence of Dibdin's Typographical Antiquities, and other valuable
works; the Printer's Instructor, etc.
Allibone states that the author was assisted in its compilation by Drs.
Dibdin, Wilkins, and Fry, the Rev. H. Baker, and others. He adds
— " It is a valuable work."
"This valuable work is too often regarded merely as a book for
printers, whereas it contains more information respecting early printed
books than is to be found in any other and more costly volumes. Its
real compiler was Mr. Richard Thomson, Librarian of the London
Institution, who was assisted by Dibdin, Wilkins, Baker, and other
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well-known bibliographers. It was issued in three different sizes, the
largest being known as the Roxburghe Edition with India paper por-
traits.'' — Sabin,
566 Johnson (Capt. Charles). History of the Lives and Ac-
tions of the Most Famous Highwayman, Street Robbers,
Pirates, etc., etc. Engraved frontispiece and plates. 8vo,
half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.
London, 1839
Scarce. A tall copy. " This singular work." — Lowndes.
567 JoiNViLLE (Sire de). Saint Louis, King of France. Trans-
lated by James Hutton. Vignette title. i8mo, cloth,
gilt edges. N. Y. [London], 1869
Printed at the Chiswick Press by Whittingham.
" A King, a Hero, and a Man." — Gibbon.
The title of " DE JoiNVlLLE " is used by one of the Orleans princes,
but the real heir to the honors and dignities of this ancient family
is a direct and Uneal descendant of the brother of the Lord de Joinville
and Vaucolour. The heir male to the titles of this noble house is a New
York journalist, who, although Baron de Genneville, and Lord of Col-
molyn by right, is contented to remain a comparatively unknown
American citizen and litterateur, not believing in the pomp of heraldry
or the boast of power.
568 Jonson (Ben). Works. Complete, best Edition, with a
Biographical Memoir and Notes, critical and explanatory,
by William Gifford. Portrait. 9 vols, royal 8vo, yel-
low calf gilt, and stamped on the sides with the arms —
" Oxoniensis Academia." London, 1816
Very rare. Large paper. This fine copy was an Oxford prize.
It is the best edition, and is very scarce.
" Best edition, by the ablest of modern commentators, through
whose learned and generous labors Old Ben's forgotten works and
injured character are restored to the merited admiration and esteem of
the world." — ^J. Philip Kemble.
" His parts were not so ready to run of themselves, as able to answer
the spur ; so that it may be truly said of him, that he had an elaborate
wit, wrought out by his own industry. — He would sit silent in learned
company, and suck in {besides wine) their several humors into his ob-
servation. What was ore in others, he was able to refne himself.
' ' He was paramount in the dramatic part of poetry, and taught the
stage an exact conformity to the laws of comedians. His comedies
were above the Volge (which are only tickled with downright obscenity),
and took not so well at the first stroke as at the rebound, when beheld
the second time ; yea, they will endure reading so long as either inge-
nuity or learning are fashionable in our nation." — Fuller's Worthies
of England.
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569 JosEPHUs (Flavius). Genuine Works. Translated by Whis-
TON and Revised by Burder. Portrait and plates (some
foxed). 2 vols. 4to, sheep. Boston, 1821
Whiston did his work so thoroughly that no other translator ever
essayed the task.
570 JossELYN (John). New England's Rarities Discovered : in
Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of that country,
with Introduction and Notes by Edward Tuckerman,
M.A., woodcuts J — also, Josselyn's Account of Two
Voyages to New-England, wherein you have the setting
out of a ship with the charges, the prices of all necessaries
for furnishing a Planter and his Family at his first coming;
a Description of the Country, Natives, and Creatures, etc.,
Lend. 1674. Together 2 vols. 4to, cloth,uncut. Boston, 1865
Only 75 copies reprinted, medium quarto, of which the above are
signed — " No. 8, Wm. Veazie."
Not merely reprints. The copious, interesting, and valuable anno-
tations lend a new value to the works .
" The relation is curious and faithful ; when the author makes his
own remarks, they are in the oddest uncouth expressions imaginable."
— John Locke.
571 Junius : Including letters by the same writer under
other signatures, to which are added his confidential cor-
respondence with Mr. Wilkes, and his private letters to
Mr. WooDFALL, with a Preliminary Essay, Notes Fac-
similes, etc., and loose inserted portraits. 3 vols. 8vo. Ele-
gantly bound in russia extra gilt, edges gilt. London, 1812
Best edition. Printed by H. Woodfall.
' ' The style of Junius is a sort of metre, the law of which is a balance
of thesis and antithesis. When he gets out of his aphorismic metre
into a sentence of five or six lines long, nothing can exceed the sloven-
liness of the English. Home Tooke and a long sentence seem the
only two antagonists that were too much for him. Still the antithesis
of Junius is a real antithesis of images or thought ; but the antithesis
of Johnson is rarely more than verbal." — Coleridge.
572 Joe Miller's Jests ; or, the Wit's Vade-Mecum. Being a
Collection of the most Brilliant Jests, the Politest Repar-
tees, etc. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top edge, others uncut.
'Lond.or\., printed by T . Read, 1739. [London, 1865]
Only a very few copies have been reproduced. A remarkable facsimile.
The veritable Jirst edition of Joe Miller is one of the rarest books in
the English language. It is to be regretted that the author did not
employ expressions a little less coarse than he has done ; his wit and
pungency, however, it is impossible to deny.
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ANE (E. K.). Arctic Explorations — the Second
Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John
Franklin. Illustrated by upwards of 300 en-
gravings from sketches by the author. 2 vols. 8 vo,
cloth. Phila., 1856
" With a less energetic leader, the whole party would have perished. "
—Sir John Richardson.
574 Kant (Immanuel). Critique of Pure Reason in Commemo-
ration of the Centenary of its First Publication. Trans-
lated into English by F. Max Muller. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1881
With an historical introduction by Ludwig Noir£.
575 Kant. The Metaphysics of Ethics, translated with an Intro-
duction and Appendix by J. W. Semple. 8vo, boards,
uncut. Edinburgh, 1836
576 Kant. Critick of Pure Reason, translated from the Origi-
nal of Immanuel Kant. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1838
577 Kay (J.). A Series of Original Portraits and Carica-
ture Etchings by the late John Kay, Miniature Painter,
Edinburgh, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes.
Upwards of over 350 very curious copper-plate engravings of
portraits and caricatures of the principal celebrated and noto-
rious characters, chiefly of Edinburgh, who lived during the
latter part of the last and beginning of the present century.
4 vols, imperial 8vo, half red morocco gilt, top edges gilt,
others trimmed. Edinburgh, 1842
Includes a complete collection of the original engravings issued by
Kay, with others added, and which make, together with the letter-
press, a remarkable, valuable and very interesting work.
"The Works of the late John Kay illustrate an interesting epoch in
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the history of the Scottish Capital. Throughout the greater part of
half a century this artist devoted himself with enthusiasm to his novel
undertaking ; and while he contributed in no common degree to gratify
and amuse the public of his own day, his graphic productions form a
record which can not fail to prove acceptable in after times.'' — Vide
" Introductory Notice " to the work.
578 Keats (John). Poetical Works of John Keats, with a
Memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes [Lord Hough-
ton]. Illustrated by 120 designs, original and from the
antique, drawn on wood by George Scharf, Jun., F.S.A.,
F.R.S.L., and steel portrait on India paper. 4to. Ele-
gantly bound in turkey morocco extra, beautiful inside and
outside hand tooling. London, Moxon, 1854
Large paper, only 100 copies printed.
' ' Time alone was wanting to complete a poet who already far sur-
passed all his contemporaries in this country in the poet's most noble
attributes. " — Landor.
579 Keightley (T.). Fairy Mythology, illustrative of Romance
and Superstition of Various Countries. Front, by Geo.
Cruikshank [foxed). Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1850
Allibone considers Keightley's preface to the above and to his
" Life of Milton " among — " the most curious chapters of literary
history."
580 Kemble (J. M.). The Saxons in England: a History of
the English Commonwealth, till the Period of the Norman
Conquest. 2 vols. 8vo, polished calf extra, by F. Bed-
ford. London, 1849
John Mitchell Kemble, a nephew of John Philip Kemble the great
English actor and the only brother of Frances Ann Kemble, celebrated
both as an actress and as a poetess, was, according to Allibone — ' " one
of the most eminent of Anglo-Saxon scholars. De Vericour in his
"Historical Analysis of Christian Civilization '' claims the above
volumes to be — "the best work, we believe, on the Anglo-Saxon
period."
581 King. Selections from the Early Ballad Poetry of England
and Scotland. Edited by Richard John King, B.A.
i6mo, elegantly bound in morocco, extra gilt, edges gilt.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1842
Scarce. A very choice specimen of binding and of printing by
Charles Whittingham of Chiswick.
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582 King (Thomas Starr). The White Hills ; their Legends,
Landscape and Poetry. With 60 illustrations engraved by
Andrew from drawings by Wheelock. 4to, cloth.
Boston, i860
First edition, and bright impressions of the illustrations.
583 KiNGSLEY (Charles). The Roman and the Teuton, a Series
of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge.
8vo, cloth, uncut. Cambridge and London, 1864
" Mr. Kingsley has established himself among the finest prose
writers of his age and country." — London Spectator.
584 KiLiAN-DuFFL^us (Comelius). Prosopogrophia, | sive Vir-
tvtvm, I Animi Corporis, Bo | norvm Externorvm | Vit-
orvm et Affec | tvvm Variorvm | Delineatio | imaginibvs
accvrate | expressa a Philippo Gallaeo | et Monochro-
mate ab | eodem edita: | Distictus a Cornelio | Kiliano
DuFFL^o I illustrate | . Being a collection of allegorical
plates illustrative of the virtues and vices also of the four
quarters of the globe, that of America being very curious.
4to, calf gilt. [? Antwerp circa, 1570]
Very Rare. To the above is added a collection of portraits by
Philip Galle. Neither " Prosographia " nor these portraits are men-
tioned by Brunet.
585 KiLiAN (Lucas). Septem | Artivm | Liberalivm | Icones | a
LucA Kiliano Aug. | Vind. aere | incisse | . Seven ex-
quisite plates by Lucas Kilian representing the seven arts
together -with engraved title — all mounted. 4to, bound in
green morocco, gilt edges.
Ex officina Dominici Custodis, 1606
Very rare and not given by Brunet.
586 [KiRBY (R. S.).J Wonderful and Scientific Museum; or,
Magazine of Remarkable and Eccentric Characters ; in-
cluding all the Curiosities of Nature and Art, etc. Pro-
fusely illustrated 'with portraits of celebrated characters, etc.,
etc. 6 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt, marbled edges.
London, 1803-20
Fine Copy; scarce in such fine condition.
An extraordinary collection illustrated with numerous curious plates
of curious biographies, including those of the most remarkable misers,
criminals, persons laboring under bodily deformity, or celebrated for
extreme longevity, dwarfs, giants, etc. There are also many curious
narratives of credulity and superstition.
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587 KisTLER (P. RoMANUS, O.S.B.). BasiHca das ist Herliche
Kirchen des Frey Reichs Klosters St. Ulrich und Afra in
Augsburg. Profusely illustrated with engravings., many
full page and folded, engraved title, etc. Folio, vellum.
Augsburg, 17 1 2
Rare and not mentioned by Brunei. A volume of great interest to
the student of ecclesiastical history, architecture, and decoration.
588 Kit-Cat Club. Memoirs of the celebrated Persons com-
posing the Kit-Cat Club; with a prefatory Account of the
Origin of the Association. Illustrated with 48 portraits
from the original paintings by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
Folio, half russia (back broken). London, 1821
Copies of this work are of extreme rarity. The biographies of the
members of the Kit-Cat Club fill up a wide gap in the history of Eng-
land in the i8th Century. All the portraits are guaranteed likenesses
of the most eminent pohtical and literary persons of that time.
The celebrated Association called the Kit-Cat Club was instituted
about the year 1700, and consisted of the principal noblemen and
gentry who opposed the arbitrary measures of Jame^ the Second and
conduced to bring about the Revolution of 1688.
" The Kit-Cat Club, generally mentioned as a set of wits, were, in
reality, the Patriots that saved Britain." — Horace Walpole.
589 Knapp (Samuel L.). Biographical Sketches of Eminent
Lawyers, Statesmen and Men of Letters. 8vo, old calf.
Boston, 182 1
The author was a native of Massachusetts, editor of the ' ' Boston
Monthly Magazine'' and wrote several other volumes besides the
above, one of which was a defence of the Masonic order.
590 Knight (Charles). Pictorial History oe England.
Being a History of the People as well as a History of En-
gland, from B. c. 55 to 1820, with the rare Index, by C.
Knight, Prof. Craik, C. Macfarlane, etc., 9 vols.; also
— Martineau's History of England During the Peace,
1800-1846, 2 vols. Upwards of 2,000 engravings. To-
gether II vols. Imperial 8vo, uniform half morocco gilt,
with the exception of the rare " Index " in cloth.
London, 1837-50
RuFUS Choate's copy, with his autograph signature.
Original copy, scarce. The impressions of the engravings in this
lot are far superior to those usually seen. It is a different work from
the Popular History. Hume, Smollett, Macaulay, etc. , are only par-
tial — this is a complete, connected and readable History of England.
"No topic that concerns the history of the English people has been
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omitted; that book of Mr. Knight's being, let us say here by the way,
the best History extant, not only for, but also of, the People." —
C. Dickens.
591 Knight. London. [Being a Pictorial History of that City,
ancient and modern.] With nearly 700 engravings of
Buildings, Antiquities, Costumes, Curiosities, etc. 6 vols,
imperial 8vo, half calf.
London, Charles Knight, 184-144
Original edition. A work of never ending interest from the
varied information it contains. It consists of a series of 150 papers
by the cleverest writers of the day, profusely illustrated.
592 Knight. Pictorial Half-Hours, or Miscellanies of Art,
with Illustrative Description. Profusely illustrated. 4
vols, in 2. 4to, cloth, uncut.
London, Charles Knight, n. d.
Charles Knight may be placed in the front rank of the literary bene-
factors of the nineteenth century.
593 Knight (Samuel, D.D., Prebendary of Ely"). Lives of
Co LET AND Erasmus, /. e.: —
I. Knight. Life of Dr John Colet, Founder of St.
Paul's School, with an account of the masters and scholars
of that Foundation. Portrait and plates by Vertue.
London, 1724
II. Knight. Life of Erasmus, particularly that part spent
in England. Portraits by Vertue and numerous plates.
Cambridge, [1726]
Together 2 vols. Svo. Superbly bound in red russia, gilt,
bevelled sides, leather joints, dead gilt edges.
Very rare; priced in a recent English catalogue at £'i i6s.
Remarkably fine copies of these valuable books, which were com-
mended by Dibdin in his " Library Companion'' for — "their embel-
lishments ."
594 Knowles (Jas. Sheridan). Dramatic Works. Portrait.
3 vols. i2mo, cloth, uncut. London, Moxon, 1841
" His dramas are full of impressive groupings, domestic incidents,
the bustle of business, the activity of life: he subdues subject, scene,
and language to the purpose and aim of his play." — Allan Cunning-
ham.
595 Koran (The). With Explanatory Notes. To which is pre-
fixed a Preliminary Discourse. Translated by George
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Sale. A New Edition with a Memoir of the Translator.
View and folded pedigree. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth.
London, 1825
" The learned Sale, who first gave to the world a genuine translation
of the Koran." — Disraeli.
' ' The Koran contains the most sublime poetical passages, far sur-
passing European poetry." — Byron.
596 KuGLER. Hand-Book OF PAINTING. German, Flemish,
and Dutch Schools, enlarged by D. Waagen, 2 vols.; the
Italian Schools, edited by Sir Charles Eastlake, 2 vols.
Profusely illustrated with outline plates. Together 4 vols.
Svo, yellow calf gilt, marbled edges.
London, Murray, 1855-60
Fine uniform copies of these very beautiful books.
" By far the best manual we are acquainted with." — London Eccle-
siastic.
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ACROIX ET SERE. Le Moyen Age et la Re-
NAissANCE,Histoire et Description des Mceurs et
Usages, du Commerce et de I'lndustrie, des
Sciences, des Arts, des Litteratures et des Beaux-
Arts en Europe, A.D. 500-1600. Illustrated with upwards
of 300 fine plates, many of which are executed in gold, sil-
ver, AND COLORS, from curious, exquisitely beautiful, and
singular objects of Middle- Age Art, illustrative of Ancient
Costumes, Manners, Designs in Fresco Painting, Stained
Glass, Missal, and other Illuminations, Furniture, Jewelry,
Armor, etc. 5 vols. 4to, half red morocco gilt, top edges
gilt. Paris, 1848-51
Rare and a genuine original subscription copy of this most
magnificent work and from the library of Thomas Willement, the
writer on heraldry, stained glass, etc. , etc. It was published at 400
francs, always maintained its price and now being entirely out of
print and very scarce has rapidly risen to much greater value. The
inferior reissue in two volumes imperial octavo has raised the price of
the original. The engravings exhibit specimens of curious and beauti-
ful objects in Mediaeval Art from all parts of Europe. There is, in-
deed, no other publication giving such a faithful picture of everything
connected with the Middle Ages, while as a drawing-room book none
could surpass it in beauty and interest.
Lacroix and Sere's " Moyen Age " is undoubtedly one of the most
interesting as well as splendid works yet published on the Arts of the
Middle Ages, to which it serves as a sort of encyclopedia. It exhibits
choice specimens of architecture, sculpture, painting, furniture,
stained glass, arms and armor, manuscripts, missals, tapestry, gold and
silver work, etc. , etc.
Referring to the works in Mr. Farnum's Library, with copies of
Medieval illustrations, Mr. Horatio Rogers says : ' ' They are gor-
geous volumes, and have the reputation of being some of the finest
books ever issued. Not unlike in character are the original edition of
Le Moyen Age by Lacroix, and Shaw's books relating to the Middle
Ages, on large paper, viz. ; Illuminated Ornaments ; Dresses and Deco-
rations ; Decorative Arts, Ecclesiastical and Civil, etc. The attractive-
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ness of this style of works, by reproducing the ornamentation of even
old books alone, whether of letter or illustration, can well be under-
stood by those not familiar with them by the following, which we take
from an English writer, who, in speaking of a Gothic story of the
fourteenth century, ' before the press vulgarized wonders, ' thus
describes the class to which it belonged ; — ■' The scribe, the artist, and
the binder, lavished their time and skill. Six years were not unfrequent-
ly spent upon the internal decorations. The margin, in the place of
canvas, was enriched with portraits, magnificent dresses, flowers and
fruits. Letters of silver shone on a purple ground. Golden roses
studded a covering of crimson velvet; the clasps of precious metal,
richly chased, shut up the adventurous knights, and the radiant dam-
sels in their splendid home.' "
598 La Fontaine (Jean de). Fables. Translated by Elizur
Wright. With the entire series of illustrations by Grand-
viLLE, and with the fronts, and titles on India paper {one
print mended). 2 vols, royal 8vo, calf extra, gilt edges.
Boston, 1 84 1
Tall copy. Very scarce, and sold in Fowle's sale for $36.
' ' We have now read the entire work and are prepared to award it
high praise." — North American Review.
599 Laing (S.). Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, or
Heimskringla, from the Earliest Period to the Twelfth
Century, from the Icelandic of Snorro Sturleson. 3
vols. 8vo, cloth. London, 1844
" We owe all that is rational, certain, and connected in the ancient
history of these vast countries to the writings of Snorro Sturleson."
600 Lamartine (A. de). History of the Girondists. Transla-
ted by H. T. Ryde. 3 portraits. 3 vols, post 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1847-48
" Chez lui, en effet, c'est dans le poete que I'historien, Torateur, le
pubhciste, le revolutionnaire se confondre. De la sa faiblesse et sa
force.''
601 Lamb (Charles). Essays of Elia. Steel portrait. Thick 8vo,
cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. Boston, Wm. Veazie, i860
Large paper. " Shakespeare himself might have read them and
Hamlet have acted them ; for truly was our excellent friend [Lamb] of
the genuine hue of Yorick."— Leigh Hunt.
602 Lamb. Works. With portrait engraved by Yvm^s. 4 vols.
post 8vo, half morocco gilt, marbled sides, top edges gilt.
London, Edward Moxon, 1850
With life and letters, edited by Talfourd.
" Lamb's works will go down to the latest posterity by the side of
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Addison, Steele, Johnson, or still greater names, and so at length
count more heads and hearts influenced than many works at first more
widely popular. " — London Quarterly Review.
603 Landon (Letitia Elizabeth). Poetical Works of. Fronts, by
FiNDEN, Heath, etc. (two foxed slightly). 4 vols, post 8vo,
morocco, gilt edges, by Hayday. London, 1844
"The poems of L. E. L., of surpassing sweetness and pathos,
rivalling those of Mrs. Norton herself in heart-rending sentiment, will
long survive their unhappy author, and speak to the heart of generations
to which her premature fate will be a lasting subject of commiseration."
— Sir Archibald Alison.
604 Landor (William Savage). Works, including the Imagin-
ary Conversation, Poems, etc. 2 vols. 8vo, polished calf
extra, marbled edges. London, Moxon, 1846
Scarce and out of print. From the library of ' ' Henry Thomas
Buckle,'' and with his armorial book-plates.
" The difficulty of selecting from his works is the abundance; but I
prefer the Hellenics, that charming volume, because few — very few —
have given such present life to classic subjects." — Mitford.
604* Landor. Walter Savage Landor, a Biography by
John FoRSTER. Portraits and vignette fronts. 2 vols thick
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1869
' ' Landor is strangely undervalued in England, usually ignored and
sometimes savagely attacked in the Reviews .... but year after year
the scholar must go back to Landor for a multitude of elegant sen-
tences, for wisdom, wit and indignation that are unforgettable." —
Emerson.
60s Lanman (Charles). Dictionary of the United States Con-
gress, compiled as a Manual of Reference for the Legisla-
tor and Statesman. 8vo, cloth. [Washington], 1864
606 La Perouse (J. F. de). A Voyage round the World, per-
formed In the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788. Under
the Command of J. F. G. de la Perouse. Illustrated.
2 vols. 4to, with separate large 4to volume of maps and
charts. Together 3 vols, boards. London, 1799
The narrative of the enterprising but ill-fated La Perouse is full of
interest in all portions, but his relations of the peculiarities he observed
in the natives of the northwest coast of North America are especially
valuable in portraying their manners at that early day.
607 Larwood (Jacob) and Hotten (John Camden). The His-
tory of Signboards, from the Earliest Times to the Present
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Day. With colored front, and one hundred illustrations. 4to,
half morocco, Roxburghe style, gilt top edge, others uncut.
London, 1867
Large paper edition of too copies only and with 72 extra illustra-
tions.
The most curious illustrations on wood are given, showing the various
old signs which were formerly hung from taverns and other houses.
The frontispiece represents the famous sign of " The Man loaded with
Mischief," in the colors of the original painting said to have been exe-
cuted by Hogarth.
608 Lathbury (Thomas, A.M.). History of the Nonjurers,
their Controversies and Writings, with Remarks on some
of the Rubrics of the Book of Common Prayer. Svo, cloth,
uncut. London, Wm. Pickering, 1845
With autograph letter of the author inserted. Lathbury wrote some
nine volumes of an historical and controversial character.
609 Layard (A. H.). Nineveh and its Remains, with an Ad-
count of a Visit to the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan
and the Yezidis or Devil Worshipers, and an Enquiry into
the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians, 2 vols.;
also — Discoveries among the Ruins of Nineveh and Baby-
lon by the same, 2 vols. Together 4 vols. Profusely
illustrated with maps, plans and illustrations. 8vo, uniform
half calf gilt. N. Y., 1849-53
" The researches of no antiquary or traveller of modern times have
excited so profound an interest as those of Austin Henry Layard, who
has summoned the kings and people of Nineveh through three thousand
years to give their testimony against the sceptics of our age in support
of Divine Revelation."
610 Lecky (W. E. H., M.A.). History of European Morals
from Augustus to Charlemagne. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1869
Lecky's writings and Buckle's should be read side by side.
611 Lee (Major-General). Proceedings of a General Court
Martial, held at Brunswick, in the State of New Jersey, by
order of General Washington. Svo, half morocco,
uncut. N. Y., 1864
Only 100 copies privately printed and in Svo, of which the above is
No. 81.
612 Le Grand. Fabliaux ; or. Tales abridged from French
Manuscripts of the 12th and 13th Centuries, Selected and
Translated into EngUsh Verse by the late G. L. Way, with
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Preface, Notes and Appendix by the late G. Ellis, Esq.
Woodcuts by Bewick. 2 vols, in i, 4to, russia, gilt.
London, 1796-1800
Rare. Large paper, first edition and brilliant impressions of
Bewick's cuts.
" Many of these tales have been translated in the happiest manner
by the late Mr. Lewis Way.'' — Mitford.
"The Fabliaux are as frequently revolting for their naked grossness,
as they are interesting for the lively pictures which they present of
life and manners. Yet these were the chosen literary pastimes of
the fair and gay during the times of Chivalry." — SiR. W. Scott.
613 Le Keux (J.). Memorials of Cambridge, its Universities
and Public Buildings, with Descriptions by T. Wright and
the Rev. H. L. Jones. Upwards of 150 highly-finished
engravings of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings,
GOOD IMPRESSIONS. 2 vols. 4to, cloth, uncut.
Oxford, 1845
Large paper. A clean copy. One plate is, however, cut. The
Cambridge Memorials are much scarcer than the Oxford .
614 Le Keux. Memorials of Oxford, historical and descrip-
tive accounts of the Colleges, Halls, Churches, etc., by
James Ingram, D.D. With i^^ beautiful and highly- finished
engravings by Le Keux, from drawings by Mackenzie,
besides many fine woodcuts. 3 vols. 4to, green morocco
extra, with tooled sides and gilt edges. London, 1834-7
Large paper copy, with brilliant impressions of the plates. Very
scarce in this size. A splendid copy of these handsome volumes.
615 Le Sage (Alain Rene). Histoire de Gil Bias de Santillane.
Illustrated with 24 engravings on India paper after
Smirke's designs. 4 vols. 4to, half green morocco, mar-
bled sides and edges. A Londres, 1809
A Large paper copy of this elegant edition with the plates on
India paper and which were afterwards used for Malkin's translation.
Very scarce.
" The fancy, the lightness, the spirit and the vivacity of the
enchanting pen of Le Sage." — Walter Scott.
616 Le Sage. Asmodeus; or, The Devil on Two Sticks, with
Biographical Notice of the Author, by Jules Janin, trans-
lated by Joseph Thomas— Original edition. Illustrated
by Tony Johannot. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt edges.
London, n. d.
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617 Lessing (G. E.). Laocoon, with Preface and Notes by Sir
Robert Phillimore, D.C.L. With Woodbury-type illus-
trations. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1874
The second title of Lessing's great work is " The Limits of Poetry
and Painting.''
617* Lessing. Laocoon, with Remarks Illustrative of Various
Points in the History of Ancient Art. Translated by
Ellen Frothingham. i6mo, cloth. Boston, 1874
618 Lewes (George Henry). The History of Philosophy from
Thales to CoMTE. Third Edition. 2 vols, thick 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1867
George Henry Lewes was one of the husbands of " George Eliot."
619 Lewin (Thomas). Life and Epistles of St. Paul. Profusely
illustrated by numerous full-page engravings and maps, also
a large number of illustrations in the text. 2 vols. 4to, cloth
gilt, bevelled sides. N. Y., 1875
A rival work to that of Conybeare and Howson.
620 Lewis (Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall). Works, /. e. : —
I. Inquiry into Credibility of Early Roman History. 2 vols,
cloth. Scarce. London, 1855
II. Essays on Administrations of Great Britain, 1 783-1 830.
Portrait. Cloth. London, 1864
III. Letters to Various Friends, edited by his brother.
Portrait. Cloth. London, 1870
IV. Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion. Boards.
Very scarce. London, 1849
V. Methods of Observing and Reasoning in Politics. 2
vols, boards. Very scarce. London, 1852
VI. Use and Abuse of Political Terms. Boards.
Very scarce. London, 1832
Together 8 vols. 8vo, cloth and boards. London, 1832-70
Sir George Cornewall Lewis was the editor of the " Edinburgh
Review," and also Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain and
Ireland.
621 Lichtenstein. The History of Holland House. By
the Princess Marie Lichtenstein. Illustrated with 5
steel portraits on India paper, 60 woodcuts and -^6 full-page
photographs s embracing views of grounds and landscape sur-
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roundings, interior decorations, rare and curious miscellanea,
etc., etc., contained in this magnificent mansion. 2 vols, 4to,
half morocco, gilt tops, cloth sides. London, 1874
Large paper, with many illustrations not in the small paper copies.
A beautiful and entertaining work, founded on authentic information;
giving not only an account of this celebrated House and its treasures of
art, etc., but anecdotes of the many celebrated guests, both male and
female, whose connection with it made it for a long series of years the
headquarters of wit and beauty.
622 Life of Man Symbolised by the Months of the Year in their
Seasons and Phases ; with Passages selected from Ancient
and Modern Authors, by R. Pigot. 25 full-page illustra-
tions and many hundred marginal devices, decorative initial
letters and tail-pieces, beautifully engraved on wood by John
Leighton. 4to, morocco super extra, gilt edges, by T.
AiTKEN. London, Longmans, 1866
Richard Pigot also edited Cats and Fairlie's " Moral Emblems,'' an
equally interesting and handsome volume.
623 LiLLO (George). Dramatic Works {George Barnwell, with
the Ballad, etc.), with Memoir of the author by Thomas
Davies. 2 vols. i2mo, yellow calf extra, gilt edges.
London, Wm. Lowndes, 1810
Scarce. "He [Lillo] is a master of terrific but not of tender
impressions. We feel a harshness and gloom in his genius, even while
we are compelled to admire its force and originality." — Campbell.
624 Lilly (John). Dramatic Works, with Notes and some ac-
count of his Life and Writings, by F. W. Fairholt. 2 vols.
crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, John Russell Smith, 1858
Large paper, scarce and only 100 copies printed. " ' Lilly was a
pedantic and affected writer with considerable talents, not indeed for the
drama, but for the rude, verbose romance ' of those days, and which
had a striking influence not only on our colloquial but written lan-
guage.' — GiFFORD. His works are, however, valuable as exhibiting
the manners of the age." — Lowndes.
625 Lindley (John, Ph.D., F.R.S.). Pomologia Britannica ; or,
Figures and Descriptions of the most important Varieties
of Fruits cultivated in Great Britain. 152 most beauti-
fully COLORED engravings by Mrs. Withers. 3 vols,
royal 8vo, half morocco, gilt edges. London, 1841
A very beautiful work, and published at ;^io loj-. The plates have
all the appearance of highly-finished drawings.
Lindley — " has published many very valuable botanical works which
stand at the head of the literature of this department. "—Allibone.
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626 Lindsay (LorJ.). Sketches of the History of Christian Art.
3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, John Murray^ 1847
Extremely scarce- "As a contribution to the history of art,
his work is unquestionably the most valuable which has yet appeared
in England. His research has been unwearied." — London Quarterly
Review.
627 Linton (E. Lynn). Witch Stories. Crown Svo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1861
" Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." — Exodus, xxii., 18.
628 Lite (Henry, <?/ Zy/^-ffflw). The Light of Britayne : a
Recorde of the honorable Originall and Antiquitie of
Britaine. Woodcut portrait, etc., and every page ruled with
carmine ink. 4to, morocco, extra gilt, top edge gilt, others
uncut, by Pawson & Nicholson.
1588; reprinted, London, 1814
Rare. ' ' This impression consists of 107 copies on small paper,
26 on large paper, 2 on vellum."
629 LivERMORE (George). Historical Research Respecting the
Opinions of the Founders of the Republic on Negroes as
Slaves, as Citizens and as Soldiers. Read before the Mas-
sachusetts Historical Society, August 14th, 1862. 410,
cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. Boston, 1862
Large paper, only 50 copies privately printed and for presentation.
MS. inscription in above — " With the respects of George Livermore."
630 Locke (John). Works. The twelfth edition. Portrait and
table. 9 vols. Svo, calf. London, 1824
' ' All his contemporaries, and what is better, all the known actions
of his life, testify that no one was more sincerely and constantly at-
tached to truth, virtue, and the cause of human liberty. He loved
and served this noble cause; he even had the honor of suffering for it,
but without ever departing from the most perfect moderation." —
Victor Cousin.
631 LocKHART (J. G.). Ancient Spanish Ballads, Historical
and Romantic. Translated by Lockhart. With 70
beautiful illustrations by Roberts, Harvey, etc., and ele-
gant illuminated borders, also ornaments in gold and colors
by Owen Jones. 4to, cloth gilt, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
London, John Murray, 1856
Scarce.
' ' A more appropriately as well as beautifully embellished volume
never was offered to the world." — Edinburgh Review.
"All other translations fade away before them." — Allan Cun-
ningham.
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632 Lodge (Edmund). Portraits of Illustrious Personages
of Great Britain, with Biographical and Historical
Memoirs. With 240 fine portraits, on a larger scale than
in the subsequent editions (some foxed slightly). 4 vols, impe-
rial folio, half morocco, extra gilt, top edge gilt, others un-
cut. London, 1821-34
The original splendid Subscription Edition on large
paper.
The portraits are engraved on a larger scale than in the octavo edi-
tion, and on copper instead of steel. These plates were destroyed
immediately on the publication of a few copies of this original edition.
A copy of this superb, very scarce and valuable edition, with India
paper proofs, is priced in a recent catalogue of Sotheran, of London,
at;fgo(j. c, $450).
The above is a magnificent copy of this beautiful and interesting
work, fully bears out Sir Walter Scott's eulogium as " a collection
which at once satisfies the imagination and the understanding, show-
ing us by the pencil how the most distinguished of our ancestors
looked, moved, and dressed, and informs us by the pen how they
thought, acted, lived, and died ."
" These volumes contain not fewer than 240 portraits by the most
celebrated artists, from original paintings in the possession of the
nobility and gentry of this country. The plan was admirable, and
the execution of it throughout is entitled to equal praise
Such a union of various talents, such a gallery of illustrious dead, was
scarcely ever before presented to the public, its colors almost as vivid
and sparkling as if the originals occupied the canvas whence their
copies were taken." — Diedin.
633 Lodge. Illustrations of British History, Biography
and Manners in the Reigns of Henry VIIL, Edward
VI., Mary, Elizabeth and James I., exhibited in a Se-
ries of Original Papers. Portrait and facsimiles. 3 vols.
8vo, calf gilt. London, 1838
Second edition, with additions, revised and corrected.
A series of original papers, selected by the Norroy King at Arms
from the MSS. of the Howard, Talbot and Cecil families, containing
a variety of interesting pieces, and a great part of the correspondence
of Elizabeth and her ministers with the Earl of Shrewsbury during
the imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots. This work has been
highly praised by Scott, Gifford, Egerton-Brydges, and others. The
biographical notes and illustrations, Lowndes says, are masterly pieces
of composition.
634 Lodge. [Frondes Caducas.] A Fig for Momus : containing
Pleasant varietie, included in Satyres, Eclogues and Epis-
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ties. By T. L. [/. e., Thomas Lodge], of Lincoln's
Inne, Gent. Vignette title by Grace Boswell. 4to,
half morocco, all edges uncut.
London, Clement Knight, 15 95
Rare. " Reprinted at the Auchinleck Press, by Alexander Bos-
well, MDCCCXVII." Limited edition of 40 copies printed "at
Auchinleck House, near Cumnock, Dumfrieshire, the seat of the
late Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart., son of James Boswell, the Biogra-
pher of Dr. Johnson."— Vide Lowndes.
Lodge was a physician as well as a poet, and John Payne Collier
states that his ' ' Fig for Momus " gives him priority over Hall as an
English satirist. The Margarite Of America is — "A translation
from the Spanish, by Lodge — ' being at sea four years before with
Mr. Cavendish, in passing through the Straits of Magellan ' — many
sonnets and metrical inscriptions are interspersed."
635 LoNDESBOROUGH MuSEUM. MisCELLANEA Graphica, En-
graved Representations of the Ancient, Mediceval and Re-
naissance objects in the possession of Lord Londesborough,
from drawings by Fairholt, descriptions by T. Wright,
Esq., F.S.A. With 46 fine plates, some colok^b, compris-
ing nearly 200 engravings of Jewels, Gold Ornaments, Carv-
ings, Armour, etc., and further illustrated by numerous wood-
cuts in the text. Imperial 4to, cloth.
London, Chapman S^ Hall, 1856-57
This interesting collection of art treasures was brought together
at great expense by the late Lord Londesborough. Collectors should
possess themselves of the above most carefully executed Catalogue
Raisonnee to guide their purchases.
636 Long (S. P.). Art: Its Laws, and the Reasons for Them.
Plates. Crown 8vo, cloth, bevelled sides. Boston, 1871
"Collected, considered and arranged for general and educational
purposes."
637 Longfellow (H. W.). Poetical and Prose Works.
Revised Edition. Portrait on India paper. 7 vols.
i2mo, boards, uncut. Boston, 1866
Large paper. No. 43 of — "one hundred copies printed" on
toned paper at the University Press and uniform with the Riverside
British Poets.
Comprising — Poetical Works, 4 vols., and Prose Works, 3 vols.
" Wherever I go, my national pride is gratified by hearing eloquent
tributes to these authors [Stowe and Hawthorne] and to the poet
Longfellow." — Grace Greenwood.
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638 Longfellow. The Building of the Ship. With illustra-
tions. Small 4to, cloth, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
Boston, 1870
Printed with carmine borders at tlie Cambridge University Press
and on toned paper. The engravings were cut by Anthony and Linton,
from Gifford and Hennessey's designs.
639 LossiNG (B. J.). The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution;
or. Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History,. Bio-
graphy, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for
Independence. With illuminated title and several hundred
engravings on wood by Lossing and Barritt, chiefly from
original sketches by the author. 2 vols, royal 8vo, half
morocco. N. Y., 1851-52
Very scarce. Original and first edition. A fine, clean copy,
with two autograph letters of the author inserted, and also one of
" Lewis Turner," Boston, 1767.
' ' I have found it one of the most useful books of reference in my
possession, for the period which is covered by it." — Everett.
640 Lovelace (Richard). Lucasta. Poems. Edited, with Life
and Notes, by W. C. Hazlitt. Portrait. Crown 8vo,
half morocco, gilt top, uncut edges.
London, J. R. Smith, 1864
Large paper. " His pieces, which were light and easy .... were
the offerings of gallantry and amusement." — HeADLEy.
641 Lowndes (William Thomas). The Bibliographer's Manual
of English Literature. New Edition Revised, Corrected
and Enlarged by Henry G. Bohn. i i vols, inclusive of
the Supplement, post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1857-64
There is no substitute for " The Bibliographer's Manual." Under-
taken originally to supply an obvious desideratum felt by all readers
and book-buyers, it forms at once a key to the riches of English litera-
ture for the student, and a guide in the formation of a library for the
collector. In its present enlarged form it comprises notices of up-
wards of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DISTINCT BOOKS published in
Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing to the date
of its publication.
642 Lubbock (Sir John, Bart., M.P.). Fifty Years of Science.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1882
Being the address delivered at York by Sir John Lubbock as Presi-
dent of the British Association, August, 1S81.
643 LtJBKE (Dr. W.). History of Art, translated by Bun-
NETT. Illustrated by upwards of 400 engravings of archi-
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tecture, painting, sculpture, etc. 2 vols. 4to, cloth, top
edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1868
No student of this work will regret its purchase, or the labor
bestowed upon it. It fills a vacant place in English art literature, and
is a noble monument of patient research, vast knowledge, artistic
power, and historical completeness.
Contents — Origin and Early Beginnings of Art; Ancient Art of
the East (Egyptian, Central, Eastern and Western Asia); Classic Art
(Greek, Etruscan and Roman); Art of the Middle Ages (Early Chris-
tian, Art of Islam, and Romanesque).
643* LuBKE. History of Sculpture, from the Earliest Ages
to the Present Time, translated by Bunnett. Illus-
trated by 2\() fine wood engravings. 2 vols. 4to, cloth, top
edges gilt, others uncut. London, 1872
Comprises: Introduction on the Nature and Course of Development
of Sculpture, with Treatises on Oriental and Greek Sculpture, the
Ancient Sculpture of Italy and the Sculpture of the Middle Ages.
644 LuBKE. Ecclesiastical Art in Germany during the
Middle Ages, translated with Appendix by L. A. Wheat-
ley. Illustrated with 184 engravings. Royal 8vo, half
calf, gilt, marbled sides and edges. Edinburgh, 1877
' ' To all interested in the study of ecclesiastical art, the appearance
of this volume will be welcome, both on account of the vast research
which it exhibits, and the number and evident utility of the illustra-
tions."'
645 Lyell (Sir Charles). Principles of Geology; or, the Modern
Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants. Illustrated
with maps, plates and woodcuts. Thick 8vo, cloth, uncut.
Ninth Edition. Boston, 1853
646 Lyttelton (Lord) and Gladstone (W. E.). Translations
by, Second Edition. 4to, half morocco, top edge gilt,
others uncut, Roxburghe style. London, Quaritch, 1863
Limited edition. With the Greek or Latin text on one page and
the translation on the opposite.
647 Lytton (Lord, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton). Novels. 43
vols, post 8vo, uniform cloth, uncut.
London, Blackwood, 1859-66
Best Library Edition, comprising: Alice, 2 vols.; Caxtons, 2
vols.; Devereux, 2 vols. ; Disowned, 2 vols. ; Ernest Maltravers, 2
vols.; Eugene Aram, 2 vols.; Godolphin; Harold, 2 vols. ; Last of
the Barons, 2 vols. ; Last Days of Pompeii, 2 vols. ; Leila and Calderon;
Lucretia, 2 vols. ; My Novel, 4 vols. ; Night and Morning, 2 vols. ;
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Paul Clifford, 2 vols.; Pelham, 2 vols.; Pilgrims of the Rhine;
Rienzi, 2 vols.; Strange Story, 2 vols. ; What will he do with it?, 4
vols. ; Zanoni, 2 vols.
' ' In delineating the passion of love, and unfolding its sacred feelings,
as well in his own as the opposite sex, he is unrivalled in English
literature; Madame de Stael herself has not portrayed it with greater
truth or beauty. In that respect he is greatly superior to Scott, who
cared little for sentiment, and, when he did paint the tender feeling,
did so from their external symptoms and from the observations of
others only. Bulwer would seem to have drawn his pictures from a
much purer and wider source — his own experience." — Archibald
Alison.
648 Lytton (Lord). Miscellaneous Prose Works [compris-
ing Criticisms contributed to Reviews; Essays written in
early youth, and Essays written in mature years, together
with a few Essays not before published], 3 vols. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1868
" In these volumes are for the first time collected into one whole,
miscellaneous criticisms and essays, written in different periods of
life, from early life to the commencement of old age." — Preface.
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ABERLY (J.).] The Print Collector. An
Introduction to the Knowledge necessary for
forming a Collection of Ancient Prints, etc., and
a Catalogue Raisonne of Books on Engravings
and Prints. Illustrated with 56 inserted engravings, many
very rare, including Rembrandt's portrait of Van Tol,
the advocate. Small 4to, red morocco gilt, edges gilt.
London, Saunders &" Ottley, 1844
Unique. John Allan's copy, with numerous inserted prints by Rem-
brandt and others, many of which are originals and very rare. Most of
them are carefully inlaid.
650 Macaulay (Lord). History of England, from the Acces-
sion of James the Second, Best Edition, 5 vols., London,
1849-61 ; — also — Critical and Historical Essays, Eighth
Edition, 3 vols., London, 1854. Together 8 vols, cloth,
uncut. London, 1849-61
Best English octavo library edition. " There are no limits to his
[Macaulay's] knowledge, on small subjects as well as great ; he is like
a book in breeches." — Sydney Smith.
' ' The success of the first two volumes of his ' History of England '
surpassed his most sanguine anticipations, and the reception of his
third and fourth volumes, which are in every respect better constructed,
more condensed and incomparably more useful, as the best Whig
account of the reign of William the Third, was well calculated to sus-
tain his expectations of lasting renown." — Athenaum.
Macaulay. Lays of Ancient Rome. With steel portrait
and illustrations, original and from the antique, drawn on
wood by George Scharf, jun. 4to, half morocco, bevelled
sides, gilt edges. Phila., 1864
A BEAUTIFUL EDITION. Scharf 's illustrations to the above are partly
original and partly selected from ancient monuments and the composi-
tions of Raffaele, GiuUo Romano and Mantegna.
651
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652 McClellan (George B.). Army of the Potomac — Report
of Maj.-Gen. George B. McClellan, Aug. 4, 1863, with
an Account of the Campaign in Western Virginia. Map.
Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., Sheldon &' Co., 1864
Large paper, uncut. Only 250 copies printed.
653 McCreery (John). The Press, a Poem. Published as a
Specimen of Typography. Numerous exquisite vignettes on
wood. 4to, half morocco, gilt.
Liverpool (Part i) and London (Part 2), 1803-27
Both parts complete and the original editions. The woodcuts, after
Thurston, were engraved by Bewick's pupils as specimens of their
handicraft. They are very Bewickian, and in some cases superior to
their master's work.
McCreery was a native of Ireland, and first commenced business in
Liverpool. On the publication of the above poem, he obtained the
patronage of the most eminent literati of the day, and on his removal
to London, was considered one of the first practical printers of that
metropolis.
654 Mac Farlane (C). Lives of Banditti and Robbers in All
Parts of the World. Vignette titles and other illustrations.
2 vols. i2mo, half calf gilt, marbled sides. London, 1833
AUibone calls Mac Farlane — " one of the most industrious of modern
authors."
655 Mack AY (Charles). Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular De-
lusions. Portraits. 3 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt. London, 1841
Best edition. ' ' We are not aware that the reader will find any-
where such full and amusing accounts of those celebrated humbugs —
the Mississippi Scheme, the South Sea Bubble, the Tulipmania, etc. —
as in these entertaining volumes. " — The Scotsman.
656 [Mackay.] Mormons. Latter-Day Saints. With Memoirs
of the Life and Death of Joseph Smith, the American
Mahomet. Illustrated. 8vo, morocco, embossed bevelled
sides, gilt edges. London, 1852
" In all writings he [Mackay] has one great purpose at heart from
which he never deviates for a moment — the promotion of human virtue
and human happiness. " — European Times.
657 Mackenzie (Henry). Works Complete. Best Edition. Por-
traits. 8 vols, small 8vo, half morocco. Edinburgh, 1808
Comprising the Man of FeeUng, Man of the World, Julia de Rou-
bigne. Papers from the Mirror and the Lounger, Poems, Dramatic
Pieces, and other works.
" Henry Mackenzie to whom we owe — in my opinion— the most
exquisite pathetic fictions in our language." — Mackintosh.
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658 M'KiNNEY (T. L,) and Hall (James). History of the Indian
Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and
Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. By Thomas L. M'Kin-
NEY, late of the Indian Department, Washington, and
James Hall, Esq., of Cincinnati. Embellished with 120
portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War,
at Washington. 3 vols, folio, half green morocco extra,
full gilt backs, edges gilt.
Phila., Daniel Rice and J. G. Clarke, n. d.
Fine copy of the original edition of this splendid work, now extremely
rare.
As early as 1824, the practice was begun of taking portraits of the
principal Indians who came to Washington, and depositing them in the
War Department. Under the management of Col. M'Kinney, Super-
intendent of Indian Affairs, the number rapidly increased, till a very
interesting gallery was formed. They were chiefly painted by Mr.
King, an artist of high repute, who was remarkably successful in
transferring to his canvas the strong lineaments of the Indian coun-
tenance. Col. M'Kinney conceived the plan of making this rare and
curious collection more valuable to the world by publishing a series of
engraved portraits exactly copied and colored from these paintings.
With each portrait is connected a biographical sketch of the individual
whom it is intended to represent, interspersed with anecdotes and nar-
rations. The work contains also a historical account of the various
Indian tribes within the borders of the United States.
659 Madison (James). Selections from the Private Correspond-
ence of James Madison, from 1813 to 1836. Published
by J. C. McGuiRE, exclusively for private distribu-
tion. 4to, half purple morocco, uncut.
Washington, MDCCCLIX.
Exceedingly scarce and a clean, uncut copy ; 201 copies only
were printed.
" To him (Madison) and Hamilton, I think, we are mainly indebted
tor the Constitution of the United States; and in wisdom I have long
been accustomed to place him before Jefferson." — Judge Story.
660 Madison. Papers of James Madison, purchased by order
of Congress, being his Correspondence and Report of De-
bates during the Congress of the Confederation, and his
Reports of Debates in the Federal Convention. 3 vols.
8vo, half morocco (titles slightly foxed). N. Y., 1841
Very scarce, containing much interesting and valuable matter not
found elsewhere.
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66 1 Mahon (Lord). History of England, from the Peace of
Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 17 13-1783, 7 vols.; — also,
History, comprising the Reign of Queen Anne until the
Peace of Utrecht, 1701-1713. Together 8 vols. 8vo, tree
marbled calf extra, marbled sides and edges.
London, 1853-70
A very handsome set, with the binding almost equal to new.
Lord Mahon's valuable history deals largely with the American Revo-
lution, its causes, results, and elicited pamphlets by Jared Sparks and
William B. Reed in reply to some of his statements. It is indispensable
in an historical collection.
662 Malory (Sir Thomas, Knt). La Mort d'Arthure. The
History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the Round
Table, with Introduction and Notes by Thomas Wright,
M.A., F.S.A. 3 vols, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1858
Large paper . Only 100 copies printed.
" Indisputably the best prose romance the language can boast." —
Walter Scott.
663 Manning (James). Life, Times and Correspondence of,
by Reuben Aldridge Guild. Portrait. 8vo, cloth.
Boston, 1864
With an account of the early history of Brown University.
664 Marco Polo. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian,
concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. Newly
translated and edited with Notes, Maps and other Illustra-
tions, by Colonel Henry Yule. Second Edition Re-
vised. Numerous maps, plates, facsimiles and titles. 2 vols,
royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1875
664* Marco Polo. The Same. First Edition. 2 vols, royal
8vo, cloth. London, 1871
665 Margaret, Queen of Navarre. Heptameron, translated
with Memoir by W. K. Kelly. Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth.
London, 1855
A companion volume to Boccaccio, so far as the nature and plot of
the stories are concerned, though it does not possess his refined wit and
delicate elegance.
" Les nouvelles publiees sous le nom de Marguerite de Valois sont
I'ouvrage d'une Societe qui se re'unissait chez cette princesse: il est
probable que Bonaventure Des Perriers n'a pas ete etranger i leur com-
position, et Marguerite elle-meme a y avoir une grande part."
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667 Marlowe (Christopher). Dramatic Worlcs, with Notes, and
some Account of his Life and Writings, by the Rev. Alex-
ander Dyce. 3 vols, crown 8vo, beautiful tree marbled
calf extra d. la Riviere. London, William Pickering, 1850
Best edition. Only 250 copies printed at the Chiswick Press.
Very scarce.
This edition is not a reprint of that of 1826, which abounds in the
grossest errors, but is an entirely new text formed from a collation of
the early editions.
Marlowe was the only dramatic poet who obtained any degree of
celebrity previous to the appearance of Shakespeare,
668 Marryat (Joseph). Collections towards a History of
Pottery and Porcelain, in the 15th, r6th, 17th and
1 8th Centuries ; with a Description of the Manufacture,
a Glossary, and a List of Monograms. With colored
plates, and 240 woodcuts. 4to, half morocco, cloth sides.
London, Murray, 1850
Large paper, and only 25 copies issued, with all the illustrations on
India paper. Published at £$ ^s.
A fine copy of this magnificent book.
669 Marston (John). Works of, Reprinted from the Original
Editions, with Notes, and some Account of His Life and
Writings, by J. O. Halliwell. 3 vols, post 8vo, yellow
calf extra, gilt edges. London, John Russell Smith, 1856
GifFord, in his edition of Ben Jonson, styles Marston ' ' the most scur-
rilous, filthy, and obscene writer of his time ;'' on the other hand, Rev.
P. Hall eulogizes him as " a poet of distinguished celebrity in his own
day, no less admired for the versatility of his genius in tragedy and
comedy, than dreaded for the poignancy of his satire ; in the former
department, the colleague of Ben Jonson ; in the latter, the antagonist
of Bishop Hall."
670 Martin (Henri). The History of France from the Ear-
liest Period to 1789. Translated from the 4th Paris Edi-
tion by Mary L. Booth. Portraits. 4 vols, [all pub-
lished], royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Boston, 1865-66
Large paper. 75 copies printed, No. 19, and signed " Mary L.
Booth. " With duplicate title-pages.
Comprises Age of Lewis XIIL, 1661-1715, and decline of the Mon-
archy, 1715-1789.
The above most valuable historical work obtained for its author in
1844 from the " Academic des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres," and in
1856 and 1859 from the "Academic Francaise," the Grand Prix
GOBERT.
" L'Histoire de France de M. H. Martin, qui allii heureusement au
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besoin d'exactitude dans les faits un sentiment philosophique tris
eleve, demeure, sous toutes ces transformations, une des ceuvres les
plus consciencieuses et les plus honorables du si^cle." — Vapereau.
671 Martin (John). Bibliographical Catalogue of Privately-
Printed Books. Front, and cuts. 8vo, half morocco gilt.
London, 1834-
This catalogue of books " privately printed " includes those of the
Bannatyne, Maitland, and Roxburghe Clubs, and of the Private Presses
at Darlington, Auchinleck, Lee Priory, Newcastle, Middle Hill, and
Strawberry Hill. It contains much omitted in the second edition.
672 Martin. The Same. Boards, uncut. [London], 1854
Two hundred copies were only printed of this second edition.
673 Martineau (Harriet). History of the Peace, being a
History of England from 1816-1854, with an Introduction,
1800-15. 4 vols, royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Boston, 1864
Large paper. Only 75 copies were printed in this size.
674 Maskell (William). Holy Baptism. A Dissertation. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, William Pickering, 1848
Printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick.
' ' By whom was this Child baptized ?
With what matter was this Child baptized ?
With what words was this Child baptized ?"
675 Massinger (Philip). Dramatic Works : with Notes,
Critical and Explanatory. By W. Gifford. Portrait.
4 vols, royal 8vo, calf extra gilt, marbled edges and con-
tents lettered. London, Bulmer, 1813
Large paper copy, extremely scarce. Second and best edition.
A more perfect edition of an old poet than this was never issued from
the press.
" An author who delights and never satiates." — Draper.
' ' Massinger, as a tragic writer, appears to me second only to Shaks-
peare ; in the higher comedy I can hardly think him inferior to
Jonson. " — Hallam.
676 Mather (Increase). Remarkable Providences, with Preface
by Offor. Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1856
A very singular collection of remarkable sea deliverances, accidents,
remarkable phenomena, witchcraft, apparitions, etc., etc , connected
mth inhabitants of New England, etc. , etc. A very amusing volume,
conveying a faithful portrait of the state of society, when the doctrine
of a peculiar providence and personal intercourse between this world
and that which is unseen was fully believed.
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677 Mather (Cotton). Wonders of Invisible World, with
Tryals of the New England Witches, by Increase Mather.
Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth.
London, John Russell Smith, 1862
" His [Cotton Mather's] printed works will not convey to posterity,
nor give to strangers, a just idea of the real worth and great learning
of the man." — Colman.
678 Maundeville (Sir J.). Voiage and Travaile, which
treateth of the way to Hierusalem and the Marvayles of
Inde. New edition, with Introduction by J. O. Halh-
WELL. Facsimiles of the curious woodcuts. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1839
Best edition, published by Lumley.
" The most ingenuous of voyagers has been considered as an idle
fabulist ; the most cautious as credulous to fatuity." — Isaac Dis-
raeli.
679 Maurice (F. D.). Moral and Metaphysical Philo-
sophy. New edition, with Preface. 2 thick vols. 8vo, half
morocco, gilt top edges. London, 1872
' ' All should consult the work of Mr. Maurice, the most philosophical
writer of the day." — Garbett.
680 Maury (M. F.). Physical Geography of the Sea. Maps.
8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1856
" Matter of more general or higher scientific importance than that
contained in these Addenda [in 1856] is seldom gathered from any
fields of research," — Preface.
681 Mayhew (Henry). London Labor and the London
Poor. With numerous portraits and street scenes from
daguerreotypes. 4 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt.
London, n. d., and 1862
The fourth or extra volume relates to prostitutes, thieves, swindlers,
and beggars.
682 Men and Manners in America. 8vo, cloth. Phila., 1833
By Captain Thomas Hamilton, author of " Cyril Thornton,"
etc.
"He neither views America with the jaundiced eye of a bigoted
Tory, nor the frantic partiality of an enthusiastic Democrat." — Black-
wood's Magazine.
683 Mennis and Smith. Musarum Delici^e, or the Muses'
Recreation and Wit restored, also Wit's Recreation, with
all the wood engravings, and inserted portrait of Mennis, to
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which are added Memoirs of Sir John Mennis and Dr. J.
Smith. 2 vols. 8vo, half russia, cloth sides. London, 181 7
Very rare. Only 150 copies were printed, and one very rarely
occurs for sale.
The sprightliness of the humor generally condones the indecency.
' ' Of the Poets of the Restoration, there are none whose works are
more rare than those of Sir John Mennis and Dr. James Smith. The
small volume entitled ' Musarum Deliciae, or, The Muses' Recreation,'
which contains the production of these two friends, was not accessible
to Mr. Freeman when he compiled his ' Kentish Poets,' and has since
become so rare that it is only found in the cabinets of the curious. A
reprint of the ' Musarum Delicis,' together with several other kindred
pieces of the period, appeared in 1817, forming two volumes of Facetite,
edited by Mr. E. Dubois, author of ' The Wreath,' etc."
684 Menzies (Wm.) Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts and
Engravings, with price-list inserted in red ink. Royal 8vo,
uncut. N. Y., 1875
The late Joseph Sabin called this — "More than a catalogue — a care-
ful bibliography of an interesting and important collection of Ameri-
cana. '' It was compiled by its owner, Mr. Menzies, than whom there
was never a more careful bibliographer.
685 Merivale (Charles). History of the Romans under the
Empire, with Index (separate). Maps. 7 vols. 8vo.
London, 1852-62
Library Edition, out of print.
" Mr. Merivale's undertaking is nothing less than to bridge over no
small portion of the interval between the interrupted work of Arnold
and the commencement of Gibbon. He comes, therefore, between
' mighty opposites !' It is no small praise that in this he proves him-
self no unworthy successor to the two most gifted historians of Rome
whom English literature has yet produced." — Edinburgh Review.
686 Meyer (H. L.). British Birds and their Eggs, a complete
History and Description of, illustrated by 422 finely exe-
cuted PLATES OF Birds and of their Eggs, beauti-
fully colored after Nature, complete. 7 vols. 8vo,
half morocco, gilt edges. London, Willis &= Sotheran,\%i-]
A Fine copy of the Second, Enlarged and best Edition of this
beautiful work, which was published at ;^i8 i8j.
This beautiful publication is the only complete History of British
Birds and their Eggs with colored plates.
687 MiDDLETON (T., contemporary of Shakespeare). Dramatic
and other Works, now first Collected. With Life and
Notes by the Rev. A. Dyce. Portrait on India paper and
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frontispiece. 5 vols. 8vo, elegantly bound in tree marble
calf extra, inside borders and gilt edges by Riviere.
London, 1840
Large paper. Less than 30 copies were privately printed, Lumley
says but 25.
" Pre-eminently beautiful, many portions only inferior to Shakes-
peare. Hitherto almost inaccessible from their rarity; averaging from
£,10 to £'iO a play. "
" Middleton, a very voluminous v?riter, lived in the time of K.
Charles 1st and is supposed to have died after the publication of the
Pageant for 1626."— Lowndes.
688 Miller (George). History, Philosophically Illustrated from
Fall of Roman Empire to French Revolution. Portrait.
4 vols, post 8vo, yellow calf extra, marbled edges.
London, 1849-52
" What Montesquieu accomplished for the laws of Europe, Dr. Mil-
ler has done for its history," — London Literary Gazette.
689 Mills (Charles). Historical Works, comprising : —
I. Mills. History of the Crusades for the recovery and pos-
session of the Holy Land. Front, and map. 2 vols.
London, 1820
II. Mills. History of Chivalry ; or, Knighthood and its
Times. Engraved titles {foxed). 2 vols. London, 1825
III. Mills. History of Muhammedanism ; comprising the
Life and Character of the Arabian Prophet, and accounts
of the Empires founded by the Muhammedan Arms ; An
Inquiry into the Theology, Morality, Laws, etc., of the
Muselmans, and a view of the Present State and Extent
of the Muhammedan Religion. London, 18 17
Together 5 vols. 8vo, calf gilt, marbled edges.
London, 1817-25
"With equal learning, fidelity and elegance." — London Monthly
Review.
690 MiLMAN (Henry Hart). History of Christianity from the
birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman
Empire, 3 vols., London, 1840 ; — also, History of Later
Christianity, including that of the Popes to the Pontificate
of Nicholas V., 6 vols. London, 1854-55. Together 9
vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, John Murray, 1840-55
Original and best library edition. "A learned and luminous
work." — Prescott.
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691 MiLMAN. Annals of St. Paul's Cathedral. Portrait,
engravings and facsimiles. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1869
692 Milman. Poetical Works. Portraitjrontispieces, vignette
titles. 3 vols, post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1839
"The genius of Milman rises onus in the strongest and clearest
light." — London Monthly Review.
693 Milton (J.). The Works of John Milton in Verse and
Prose. Printed from the Original Editions, with a Life of
the Author. By the Rev. John Mitford. Portrait, fac-
simile, sheet pedigree and rubricated title. 8 vols. 8vo,
full calf elegant, gilt top edges, others uncut.
London, William Pickering, 185 1
Only 350 copies of this valuable and beautiful edition were printed;
but Menzies's Catalogue states 500. It is now very scarce.
The most beautiful reproduction of an old author ever published.
The types used were cast expressly for this edition, in exact imitation
of the original copies, and it was printed by Whittingham at the Chis-
wick Press, on ancient wire-wove paper.
" It may be doubted whether the Creator ever created one altogether
so great as Milton, taking into one view at once his manly virtues, his
superhuman genius, his zeal for truth, for true piety, for freedom, his
eloquence in displaying it, his contempt of personal power, his glory
and exultation in his country." — W. S. Landor.
694 MiLTON. Poetical Works, with Notes of various Authors,
Life and Illustrations, by the Rev. Henry J. Todd.
Second edition, enlarged with extensive Verbal Index to
the whole of Milton's Poetry. Portrait. 7 vols, royal
8vo, calf gilt, marbled edges. London, 1809
Large paper. Fine copy of the best edition.
" As to the critical and useful editions of our bard, what has been
said of Mr. Todd's ' Spenser' (a justly lauded edition) may be said of
his ' Milton.' . . . With an incomparable index of words, — applicable
to any edition. I consider a large paper copy of this performance
as an indispensable ornament to a noble library." — T. F. DiBDiN.
695 Milton. Poetical Works. Edited by Sir Egerton
Brydges. With beautiful imaginative illustrations by J. M.
W. Turner. 6 vols. i6mo, elegantly bound in smooth
purple morocco, extra gilt, edges gilt.
London, John Macrone, 1835
Best edition of the Brydges Milton with early impressions of the
Turner plates. " An excellent edition." — C. D. Cleveland.
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696 Milton. Paradise Lost, A Poem, in Twelve Books, The
Author John Milton, and Paradise Regained, etc, from
the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D. 2 vols, royal 8vo,
half morocco, gilt top edges, others uncut.
Birmingham, Printed by John Baskerville for
Jane R. Tonson in London, 1758
The eyes may share the pleasure of the mind in reading an author in
such beautiful type.
697 Milton. L'Allegro and II Penseroso. Illustrated with
etchings on steel by Birket Foster — the letterpress mostly
printed in carmine. Imperial Svo, morocco gilt, bevelled
sides, gilt edges. London, David Bogue, 1855
First edition, brilliant impressions, and printed on cardboard.
698 Milton (John). L'Allegro and II Penseroso. With 30
illustrations on wood by Jackson, Cooper, Williams, and
others, designed expressly for the Art Union of London by
CoRBOULD, Franklin, Armitage, Selous, Scharf,
Warren, Ward, Roberts, Harding, etc. (some foxed).
4to, boards (pages loose). London, 1848
699 Minot (George Richards). Continuation of the History of
the Province of Massachusetts Bay, from the Year 1748.
With an Introductory Sketch of Events from its Original
Settlement. 2 vols. Svo, sheep.
Boston, Manning &' Loring, 17 98-1 803
Very scarce. " The second volume was published in 1803, after the
death of the author. It brings the history down to the year 1765, and
was apparently intended as a continuation of Hutchinson." — Rich.
700 Minutes | of the | Trial and Examination | of | Certain
Persons, | in the | Province of New York, | Charged with
being Engaged in a | Conspiracy against the Authority |
of the Congress, | and | The Liberties of America. | Lon-
don, Printed for J. Pew, M DCC LXXXVI. 4to, sewed,
uncut. Phila., /. Campbell, 1865
Large paper. No. 18 of the limited quarto reprint of 25 copies.
In the preface to those " Minutes,'' it is stated that they were "dis-
covered (on the late capture of New York by the British troops) among
the papers of a person who appears to have been Secretary to the Com-
mittee." They relate to a conspiracy against Congress, and particu-
larly against Washington, whom the conspirators proposed to carry off.
" A Mr. Matthews," says the Monthly Review, " who was prominent
in the conspiracy, was condemned to suffer death, but Congress
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resolved to postpone the execution of the sentence, and ordered him
to be carried into Connecticut, there to be imprisoned till further
orders." The work contains some curious scandal about Washington
and Mary Gibbons, " = girl from New Jersey, of whom General
Washington was very fond, and whom he maintained genteely at a
house near Mr. Skinner's."
701 MoLiNOS the Quietist. By John Bigelow. i6mo, cloth,
uncut. N. Y., 1S82
The author was for some time associate editor and proprietor of the
New York Evening Post.
702 MoMMSEN (Theodor). History of Rome, from the Earliest
Period to the End of the Republic, translated with the
Author's sanction, and Additions by Prof. Dickson. 4
vols. 8vo, tree marbled calf extra gilt, h la Riviere, marbled
edges and ends. London, Bentley, 1868
Best Library edition, entirely out of print and scarce.
' ' This is the best history of the Roman Republic, taking the work
on the whole ; the author's complete mastery of the subject, the variety
of his gifts and acquirements, his graphic power in the delineation of
natural and individual character, and the vivid interest which he inspires
in every portion of his book. He is without an equal in his own
sphere." — Edinburgh Review.
" A work of the very highest merit ; its learning is exact and pro-
found ; its narrative full of genius and skill ; its descriptions of men
are admirably vivid. We wish to place on record our opinion that Dr.
Mommsen's is by far the best history of the decline and fall of the
Roman Commonwealth.'' — London Times.
703 [MoNBODDO (Lord).] Origin and Progress of Language. 6
vols. 8vo, boards, uncut. Edinburgh, 1774-92
The second edition, with considerable additions and corrections.
" Monboddo, among other strange fancies, considered that men
were originally monkeys, and that a nation still existed with tails." —
Lowndes.
704 Montague (Lady Mary Wortley). Letters and Works.
Edited by her Great- Grandson, Lord Wharncliffe.
Best Library Edition. Portraits. 3 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt.
London, 1837
" This lady has been called 'the English Sevigne,' she seems to
have anticipated her title ; for, in a letter to Lady Mar, she says —
' The last pleasure that fell in my way, was Mme. Sevigne's Letters ;
very pretty they are : but I assert, without the least vanity, that mine
will be full as entertaining forty years hence. ' For an article relative
to their authenticity, see Walpole, II., 180-182, App. No. IV." —
Wrangham.
' ' I have heard Dr. Johnson say that he never read but one book
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through from choice in his whole life, and that book was Lady Mary
Wortley Montague's ' Letters.' " — Boswell.
" Many of Lady Mary Wortley Montague's letters were destroyed
by her daughter, who imagined that the family honor was lowered by
an addition of them to literature. It would have mortified her lady-
ship's daughter to have heard that her mother was the Sevigne of
Britain. " — Disraeli.
70s Montaigne (Michael de). Works, comprising his Essays,
Journeys into Italy, and Letters, with Notes from all his
Commentators and Biographical and Bibliographical Notes
by Hazlitt. Portrait on India paper, and the illuminated
titles. 4 vols. 8vo, half Roxburghe morocco, gilt top, uncut
edges. Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1864
Large paper copy, only 75 printed, of which four were destroyed
by fire.
A new and carefully revised edition by O. W. Wright.
" No language possesses a more delightful essayist than Montaigne. "
— Edinburgh Review.
" Montaigne is the earliest classical writer in the French language,
the first Tvhom. a gentleman is ashamed not to have read. No writer of
the XVIth century has given so much delight." — Hallam.
" Montaigne and Howell's Letters are my bed-side books. I like
to hear them tell their old stories over and over again. I am informed
that both of them tell coarse stories. I don't heed them, it was the
custom of their time as it is of Highlanders and Hottentots to dispense
with a part of dress which we all wear in cities." — W. M. Thackeray.
706 MoNTALEMBERT (CouNT DEJ. Monks of the West, from St.
Benedict to St. Bernard. Authorized translation. 7
vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1861-79
" He details with graphic pen, the career of Benedict and Gregory
the Great, the rise and development of the Benedictine Order in Gaul,
the marvellous story of St. Radigund, and the History of the Institu-
tion, under the Merovingian Kings ; he describes the Mission of the
Irish Monks to the Continent, and the extraordinary career of St. Col-
umbanus ; he details the Founding of the Irish and Scotian Church ;
the Conflict with the revolting Paganism of Picts and Celts, with
remarkable eloquence, and sustained rhetoric."
707 Montgomery (James). Memoirs of the Life and Writings
of, including his Select Correspondence, Remains in Prose
and Verse, and Conversations, by Holland and Everett.
Portraits and vignettes. 7 vols, crown 8vo, half calf gilt,
marbled sides and edges. London, Longmans, 1854-56
Published at £■>, 13^-. bd. in cloth.
' ' Delicacy, tenderness, and a sacred feeling of the highest order mark
the effusions of Montgomery's highly cultivated muse." — Dibdin.
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708 Moore (Thomas). Poetical Works. Collected by himself.
Portrait, plates and vignette titles by Heath. 10 vols. fcap.
8vo, purple morocco, gilt edges by Hayday.
London, Longmans, 1853
A charming copy of Moore's Poems, and uniformly printed with the
favorite editions of Byron, Scott, Cowper, etc.
"Ah, mourn not for Anacreon dead ;
Ah, weep not for Anacreon fled ;
The lyre still breathes he touch'd before,
For we have an Anacreon Moore." — Erskine.
709 MooRE. Memoir, Journal and Correspondence. Edited
by Lord John Russell, complete, with Copious Index.
Portraits and vignettes. 8 vols, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1853-56
An exceedingly interesting work, abounding with anecdotes and
sketches of the principal literary and political persons of the present
century.
710 Moore. Irish Melodies. Illustrated by 'M.a.c'li?,^; every page
ornamented with exquisitely beautiful engravings and borders.
Small 4to, levant morocco extra, gilt sides and bevelled
edges. London, Longmans, n. d.
First issue. The entire text of this very elegant edition is engraved
and printed on thicker paper than the later editions.
711 Moore. Letters of Thomas Moore to his Music Pub-
lisher, James Power (the publication of which was sup-
pressed in London), with Letter from T. C. Croker, Esq.
Steel plates. i2mo, cloth. N. Y., Redfield [1854]
A copy of this book sold at Daniel's sale for £1. gj-. , it being asserted
that not more than 20 copies existed.
712 Moore. Songs and Ballads, and Sacred Songs. i2mo,
smooth morocco, bevelled sides, gilt edges, by Hayday.
London, 1849
713 Moore. History of Ireland from the Earliest Kings
down to its Last Chief. Vignette titles by Finden. 4 vols.
fcap. 8vo, half calf, gilt. London, 1845
"It is full of instruction and amusement, — an entertaining and
melancholy volume, which Englishmen ought to be ashamed and Irish-
men afraid to read. " — London Magazine.
714 Moore. Paradise and the Peri. Exquisitely illuminated in
gold and colors on stone by Albert Warren from the designs
of Owen Jones and Henry Warren. Folio, cloth gilt,
bevelled sides, gilt edges. London, Day and Son, n. d.
A splendid specimen of printing in gold and colors.
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715 Moore (S. S.) and Jones (T. W.). The Traveller's Direc-
tory from Philadelphia to New York and Washington.
8vo, sheep, yellow edges. Phila., 1802
With — ' ' an account of such remarkable objects as are generally inter-
esting to travellers."
716 MooRE. Songs of the Soldiers. Arranged and Edited by
Frank Moore. Vignette title. 32010, half roan.
N. Y., 1864
The larger portion of the songs in this collection were submitted to
the editor by soldiers in the Union Army.
717 MoRDECAi (Major Alfred). Military Commission to Europe
in 1855 and 1856. Plates. \\.o, cloth. Washington, i860
" These books are beginning to be appreciated now that they are
not so easily obtained and that they are beyond the misfortune of gratui-
tous Congressional distribution."
718 More (Hannah). Works, with a Memoir and Notes. En-
graved titles and frontispieces. 1 1 vols, post 8vo, tree marble
calf extra, marbled sides and edges by Riviere.
London, 1853
' ' How many have thanked God for the hour that first made them
acquainted with Hannah More. She did perhaps as much real
good in her generation as any woman that ever held the pen. It
would be idle to dwell here on her works, so well known. They have
established her name as a great moral writer, possessing a masterly
command over the resources of our language, and devoting a keen wit
and a lively fancy to the best and noblest of purposes." — Quarterly
Review.
■Jig Morley (Henry). Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair. IVit^
upwards of 80 curious woodcuts, many facsimile drawings
on wood by the Dalziels. 8vo, cloth, uncut, red top
edge. London, 1859
Out of print and scarce. A book full of curious information, not
only on Bartholomew Fair, Smithfield, and its vicinity, but on old
English sports, customs, etc.
720 MoRLEY. Rousseau. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1873
721 Morris (Gouverneur). Life of. With Selections from his
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, by Jared
Sparks. Portrait. 3 vols. 8vo, boards. Boston, 1832
' ' Mr. Sparks has brought to his task so much of intelligent re-
search, so much historical anecdote and rich and various illustration,
that his work is of real as it will be of lasting value." — Peabody.
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722 Motley (John Lathrop). Historical Works, comprising :
I. Motley. Rise of the Dutch RepubUc, a History. 3
vols. London, 1869
" To all who speak the English language, the history of the great
agony through which the Republic of Holland was ushered into life
must have peculiar interest, for it is a portion of the records of the
Anglo-Saxon race."
II. Motley. History of the United Netherlands, from 1584
to 1619, with a detailed Account of the Spanish Armada.
• Portraits {some inserted). 4 vols. London, 1867-68
III. Motley. Life and Death of John of Barneveld,
Advocate of Holland, with a View of the Primary Causes
and Movements of the Thirty Years' War. With illus-
trations. London, 1874
Together 9 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1867-74
Handsome English library edition.
" Mr. Motley's work is an important one, the result of profound
research, sincere convictions, sound principles, and manly sentiments;
and even those who are most familiar with the history of the period
will find in it a fresh and vivid addition to their previous knowledge.
It does honor to American literature, and would do honor to the litera-
ture of any country in the world." — Edinburgh Review.
723 Muller (K. O.). Ancient Art and Its Remains, a Manual
of the Archaeology of Art. Translated from the German
by John Leitch. 8vo, cloth. London, 1852
The best edition of this valuable work, with the numerous additions
by F. G. Welcker.
724 Muller and Donaldson (J. W.). A History of the Litera-
ture of Ancient Greece by K. O. Muller, and continued
after the Author's Death by John William Donaldson.
Portrait on India paper. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1858
" We close the volumes in admiration of the author's unwearied in-
dustry and great knowledge." — London Monthly Magazine.
725 Muller (Max, M.A.). Chips from a German Workshop.
3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1868-70
726 Munsell's Historical Series, viz. : —
I. Commissary Wilson's Orderly Book. Expedition of the
British and Provincial Army, under Maj.-Gen. Amherst,
against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 1759. Map.
Albany, 1857
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II. Narrative of the Causes which led to Philip's Indian
War, of 1675 and 1676, by John Easton, of Rhode
Island ; with other Documents concerning this Event in
the Office of the Secretary of State of New York. Col-
ored map. Albany, 1858
III. Orderly Book of the Northern Army, at Ticonderoga and
Mount Independence, from Oct. 17, 1776, to Jan. 8, 1777,
with Biographical and Explanatory Notes. Portrait.
Albany, 1859
IV. Diary of the Siege of Detroit in the War with Pontiac.
Also, a Narrative of the Principal Events of the Siege
by Maj. Robert Rogers ; a Plan for conducting Indian
Affairs by Col. Bradstreet. Albany, i860
V. Obstructions to the Navigation of Hudson's River ; em-
bracing the Minutes of the Street Committee appointed
by the Provincial Convention of New York, July 13, 1776,
and other Original Documents relating to the Subject.
Map. Albany, i860
VI. The Loyal Verses of Joseph Stansbury and Dr. Jona-
than Odell, relating to the American Revolution. Now
First Edited by Winthrop Sargent. Albany, i860
VII. Orderly Book of Lieut.-Gen. John Burgoyne, from his
Entry into the State of New York until his Surrender at
Saratoga, loth Oct., 1777. Map and portraits.
Albany, i860
VIII. Early Voyages Up and Down the Mississippi, by Cave-
lier, St. Cosme, Le Sueur, Gravier and Guignas.
With an Introduction and Notes by J. G. Shea.
Albany, 1861
IX. & X. Proceedings of the Commissioners of Indian
Affairs, appointed by Law for the Extinguishment of In-
dian Titles in the State of New York. . . . With an In-
troduction and Notes, by F. B. Hough. 3 maps. 2 vols.
Albany, 1861
Together 10 vols. 4T0, uniform half red morocco, top
edges gilt, others uncut, by Matthews.
Albany, J. Munsell, 1857-61
A very choice set, bound by Matthews. These handsome volumes
have rubricated titles and many initial letters in red.
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727 ll^fPkWllAPIER (Sir W. F. P.). History of the War
IN THE Peninsula, and in the South of France,
from 1807 to 1814. Portrait, plans of battles, etc.
6 vols. 8vo, elegantly bound in tree marbled calf
extra, by Riviere. London, 1835-40
A beautiful copy of this now very scarce work and including the jus-
tificatory pieces in reply to Gurwood, Alison, Sir Walter Scott, Lord
Beresford, and the Quarterly Heview.
' ' He has produced a work which for vivid beauty of narrative may
vie, I have heard good judges say, with Caesar or Tacitus." — Allan
Cunningham.
728 Napoleon. — History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St.
Helena; from the Letters and Journals of the Late Lieut. -
Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, and official Documents not before
made Public. JVi't/i portrait and map. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, John Murray, 1853
This work contains a large number of curious facts relating to Na-
poleon hitherto unknown, and endeavors to disprove many of the state-
ments and accusations of the Emperor and his companions in exile.
729 Napoleon. — Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family
by the Duchess D'Abrantes (Madame Junot). With
16 steel portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt.
London, Bentley, 1836
730 Napoleon. — Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of
the French, with a Preliminary View of the French Revo-
lution by Sir Walter Scott. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo,
full bound, gilt. Exeter, 1827
731 Napoleon. — Abbott (John S. C). History of Napoleon
Bonaparte. Illustrated edition, with several hundred
engravings. 2 vols, imperial 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1855
This historical romance may be read with advantage as a counterpoise
to Sir Walter Scott's Life of Napoleon, for though the facts are dis-
torted, the style is attractive.
732 Napoleon. — Memoirs of the Life, Exile, and Correspondence
of the Emperor, by Count de Las Casas. Portraits, etc.
4 vols. i2mo, cloth. N. Y., 1855
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733 Nares (Robert). Glossary, or Collection of Words, Phrases,
Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, etc., which re-
quire Illustration, in the Works of English Authors, par-
ticularly Shakespeare and his Contemporaries. 2 vols.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1859
The Glossary of Archdeacon Nares is by far the best and most use-
ful work we possess for explaining and illustrating the obsolete language
and the customs and manners of the i6th and 17th Centuries, and it is
quite indispensable for the readers of the literature of the Elizabethan
period. The additional words and examples in this new edition are
distinguished from those in the original text by a f prefixed to each.
The work contains between five and six thousand additional examples,
the result of original research, not merely supplementary to Nares, but
to all other compilations of the kind.
734 Narragansett Club. Publications of the Narragan-
SETT Club. First Series, Vols. I. to VI. [all pub-
lished], i. e.: —
I. Bibliographical Introduction to the Writings of Roger
Williams, by Reuben Aldridge Guild, A.M.; A Key
into the Language of America, edited by James Hammond
Trumbull, A.M.; Letter of John Cotton, Mr. Cotton's
Letter Examined and Answered, edited by Reuben Ald-
ridge Guild, A.M., " Club Copy, No. 28," MDCCCLXVI.
II. John Cotton's Answer to Roger Williams, edited by
Rev. J. Lewis Dim an; [Also:] Queries of Highest Con-
sideration, edited by Reuben Aldridge Guild, A.M.,
" Club Copy, No. 24," MDCCCLXVII.
III. " The BLOUDYTenent of Persecution. Edited by Samuel
L. Caldwell, "Club Copy, No. 25," MDCCCLXVIL
IV. The Bloody Tenent yet more Bloody. Edited by
Samuel L. Caldwell, " Club Copy, No. 6." MDCCCLXX.
V. George Fox Digg'd out of his Burrowes. Edited by
Rev. J. Lewis Diman, " Club Copy, No. 20," MDCCC-
LXXII.
VI. Letters of Roger Williams, 1652 to 1632. Now
first collected. Edited by John Russell Bartlett.
MDCCCLXXIV.
Together 6 vols. 4T0, half bound, uncut.
Providence, 1866-74
Large paper. "It is asserted in the Menzies Catalogue, "pre-
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pared by Joseph Sabin," that there were— " 25 copies only printed,
excepting as respects Vol. VI., of which 150 copies were struclc off."
The above, however, are numbered as specified, and on the reverse of
the title of Vol. 6 it is called " Subscriber's Edition, one hundred and
sixty copies.''
735 National Portrait Gallery of Illustrious and Emi-
nent Personages of the Nineteenth Century : with Me-
moirs by Wm. Jerdan. Proofs on India paper. Vols.
I, 2 and 3. Half morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut.
London, 1830-32
Uniformly printed with and forming a most desirable continuation to
Lodge's Portraits.
736 National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans,
33 parts {i. e., 1-17, 19-23, 25-35) containing 39 fine por-
traits, engraved by A. B. Durand, J. W. Paradise, J. B.
Longacre, etc. 8vo, sewed. Phila. and N. Y., v. d.
The complete set, with 144 portraits, was published in numbers at $50.
737 Naunton (Sir Robert). Fragmenta Regalia, or Observa-
tions on the late Queen Elizabeth, her Times and
Favorites. 8vo, calf gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.
London, 1824
Large paper, of which only 50 copies were printed.
This interesting volume commences with an account of Queen Eliza-
beth, followed by those of Dudley Earl of Leicester, Earl of Sussex,
Lord Burleigh, Sir P. Sidney, Sir F. Walsingham, Lord Willoughby,
Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Norris, Sir John Packington, Sir Walter
Raleigh, Sir Fulke Greville, the Earl of Essex, Lord Buckhurst, the
poet ; Lord Mountjoy, Francis Vere, Earl of Oxford, Marquess of
Worcester, and others. — See Retrospective Review, v. 303-14.
" A fruit of his younger years ; yet was it in such high esteem, as
an authentic collection of curious remarks, by the generality of men in
place and business, that it was the constant practice of divers clerks, in
parliament and term time, to transcribe copies of it for the use and ser-
vice of the lovers of antiquity and state ; and these copies had the
honor afterwards of being treasured up among the choicest manu-
scripts. " — Fuller.
738 Nelson. — Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Vis-
count Nelson, K.B., Duke of Bront£, etc., etc. By
Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, F.R.S., F.S.A. Portraits,
facsimiles, etc. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Boone, 1849
" The arm of Nelson casts its thunderbolts on every shore, and pre-
served unscathed in the deep the ark of European freedom." — Alison.
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203
739 New England. Reprints of early New England
Tracts :
I. Mather. Early History of New England, being a rela-
tion of hostile passages between the Indians and European
Voyagers and First Settlers. By Increase Mather.
With Notes by S. G. Drake. Boston, 1864
II. Mather. The History of King Philip's War, by In-
crease and Cotton Mather. With Introduction and
Notes by S. G. Drake. Albany, 1862
III. Church. The History of King Philip's War. By
Benj. Church. With Introduction and Notes by Henry
Martin Dexter. 2 vols. Boston, 1865
Copy No. 29 of edition of 250 copies small 410 and 35 royal 4to.
IV. Hubbard's History of the Indian Wars in New Eng-
land. With Extensive Notes by Samuel G. Drake. 2
vols. Roxbury, 1865
Copy No. 103, of edition of 350 copies, of which 50 are on large
paper.
V. Mourt's Relation or Journal of the Plantation at Ply-
mouth, with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Mar-
TYN Dexter. Boston, 1865
Copy No. 29, of edition of 250 copies foolscap 4to and 35 royal
4to.
VI. Church's History of Eastern Expeditions of 1689,
1690, 1692, 1696 and 1704, against the Indians and
French. With Introduction and Notes by H. M. Dexter.
Map. Boston, 1867
Edition of 250 copies small 4to and 35 royal 4to.
VII. Lechford's Plain Dealing or News from New En-
gland. With Introduction and Notes by J. Hammond
Trumbull. Boston, 1867
Copy No. 119 of edition of 285 copies, of which 35 are royal 410.
Together 8 vols. 4T0, uniform half morocco gilt,
uncut. v. p., V. d.
Mostly large paper copies of these rare New England reprints. In-
cluded in the above are a portion of the " Library of New England
History." These volumes are the most elegant of their class. They
are not mere reprints of the rare and valuable works whose titles they
bear, as each work has a copious introduction, and is profusely annota-
ted by an eminent New England scholar.
204 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
740 New Testament in English, Translated by John Wycuffe
circa MCCCCLXX now first printed from a Contemporary
Manuscript Formerly in the Monastery of Sion, Middlesex,
late in the Collection of Lea Wilson. Facsimile front,
and handsomely printed, mostly in black letter. Small 4to.
Divinity calf, bevelled sides, red edges.
Printed at Chiswick by Charles Whittingham, for
William Pickering, MDCCCXLVIII.
Very rare. The version hitherto known as Wychffe's is of later
date than this and differs greatly from it. This edition is most beauti-
fully printed in old English black letter type, by Whittingham, and is a
fine specimen of the Chiswick Press. It has an illuminated title and
ornamental capitals.
The above is not only the earliest version in English of the entire
New Testament, but it is of much philological importance as illustrating
the formation of our own mother tongue.
' ' Wycliffe's Bible as translated from the Vulgate, had not so entirely
shaken off the Latinity as our later versions . . .It was constantly
striving to be English, and by striving became so, more and more." —
MiLMAN.
741 New Testament, translated from the Greek Text of Tis-
CHENDORF. By George R. Noyes, D.D. 4to, cloth, gilt
top edge. Boston, 1869
Large paper. Published by the— "American Unitarian Association."
742 New Testament. 8vo, sheep. Boston, 1809
An improved version upon the basis of Archbishop Newcome's
translation.
743 Newton (Charles Thomas). Essays on Art and Archaeology.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1880
The author is the Keeper of the Greek and Roman Antiquities at the
British Museum.
744 Newton (Sir Isaac). Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Dis-
coveries of Sir Isaac Newton, by Sir David Brewster.
Portraits and cuts. 2 vols, 8vo, cloth. Edinburgh, 1855
" Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night ;
God said ' Let Newton be,' and all was light." — Pope.
745 Nichols (John, F.S.A.). Progresses, Processions, Festiv-
ities AND Pageants of Queen Elizabeth, collected from
Original Manuscripts, Corporation Records, and scarce
Tracts, and illustrated by Historical Notes by John
Nichols, F.S.A., assisted by Richard Gough and George
Steevens, F.S.A., Second edition, chronologically ar-
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ranged, with additional Notes, Translations of the Latin,
and Indexes of Places and Persons visited, Remarkable
Events, etc., 3 vols., with 47 plates. Also — Progresses,
Processions, Festivities and Pageants of King James
I., his Queen, Family and Court, comprising Forty Masques
and Entertainments, Six Pageants, numerous Original Let-
ters, annotated Lists of the Peers, Baronets, and Knights
during this Reign, etc., illustrated by Notes, Historical,
Topographical and Biographical, and General Indexes, by
John Nichols, F.S.A., assisted by several eminent Literary
Antiquaries, plates, 4 vols. Together 7 vols. 4to, uniform
tree marbled calf gilt. London, 1823-28
Of these two indispensable works for an English Historical Library,
only 250 copies were printed.
The first edition of the Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, less complete
than the above, had become so extremely scarce, that copies were
repeatedly sold by public auction for upwards of ;^40.
The Progresses of King James have only been once printed. The
two works include the republication of rare historical and poetical tracts,
the originals of which, if they could be bought, would be worth more
than five thousand dollars.
No library into which the English Chronicles, State Papers, the
Harleian Miscellany, and Lord Somers's Collection of Tracts are
admitted, should be without these important volumes, which form a con-
nected History of the Courts of Elizabeth and James, and afford a
lively picture of the manners of England, , its pursuits and its amuse-
ments, for three-quarters of a Century (1553 to 1625).
746 Nichols. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century,
9 vols. ; and Illustrations of the Literary History of the
Eighteenth Century, 8 vols. Numerous fine portraits.
Together 17 vols. 8vo, elegantly bound in sprinkled calf
extra, marbled edges. London, 1812-58
It is impossible in a small space to give anything like an adequate
idea of the vast amount of curious information which these volumes
contain. The hundreds of literary celebrities who are brought forward,
not merely by passing anecdotes, but by highly valuable memoirs and
sketches, and the extensive bibliographical and literary matter which it
contains, render it one of the most permanently interesting set of books
ever published.
747 NicoL (John). Death of Themistocles and other Poems.
i6mo, cloth, uncut. Glasgow, 1881
Presentation copy, with MS. inscription — " From the Author. "
2o6 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
748 Nicolas (Sir Nicholas Harris). History of the Orders of
Knighthood of the British Empire ; with an Account of
the Medals, Crosses, and Clasps, which have been con-
ferred for Naval and Military Services ; together with a
History of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover. 4 vols,
imperial 4to, splendidly printed and illustrated by numerous
fine wood-cuts of badges, crosses, collars, stars, medals,
ribbons, clasps, etc., and many large plates, illuminated
IN GOLD AND COLORS, INCLUDING FULL-LENGTH POR-
TRAITS OF Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, the King
OF Hanover, and the Dukes of Cambridge and Sus-
sex. Half green levant morocco, cloth sides, gilt edges.
London, William Pickering, 1842
A splendid copy of this superb work, and wliich contains the
Supplementary leaves by Sir Harris Nicolas, completing the
Catalogue of Knights to 1846. This, a copy of the original
EDITION, having the plates beautifully illuminated in gold and
colors. It was printed at the Chiswick Press,
"Sir Harris Nicolas has produced the first comprehensive History
of the British Orders of Knighthood; and is ONE OF the most elab-
orately prepared and splendidly printed works that ever
issued from the press. The Author appears to us to have neglected
no sources of information, and to have exhausted them, as far as re-
gards the general scope and purpose of the inquiry. The Graphical
illustrations are such as become a work of this character upon such a
subject, at, of course, a lavish cost. The resources of the recently re-
vived art of wood-engraving have been combined with the new art of
printing in colours, so as to produce a rich effect, almost rivalling that
of the monastic illuminations. Such a book is sure of a place in
every great library. It contains matter calculated to interest ex-
tensive classes of readers, and we hope by our specimen to excite their
curiosity." — Quarterly Review.
749 Nicolas. A History of the Royal Navy, from the Earliest
Times to the Wars of the French Revolution. Steel fronts,
and cuts. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Bentley, 1847
" Left unfinished. At this work, and in arranging the papers of
Sir Hudson Lowe, the author was employed until within a few days
of his death. " — Allibone.
750 NiEBUHR (B. G.). History of Rome, translated by Julius
Charles Hare and Connop Thirwall. Portrait and
map. 3 vols. 8vo, tree marbled calf, extra gilt, marbled
end papers and edges by Hayday. London, 1855-60
" A thousand points in the History of Ancient Nations, which have
hitherto been either overlooked or accepted without inquiry, are here
treated with sound criticism and placed in their true light."
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750* NiEBUHR. Lectures on Ancient Ethnography and Geo-
graphy, 2 vols., 1853 ; Lectures on Ancient History of
Rome, 3 vols., portrait, 1853 ; Lectures on the History of
Rome, 3 vols, front., 1852. Together 8 vols. 8vo, yellow-
calf, extra. London, 1852-53
751 NoRTHCOTE (James). Fables. Both Series. Upwards of Two
Hundred Fables, illustrated with 560 very beautiful wood
engravings by Harvey, and with extra portrait on India
paper. 2 vols imperial 8vo, one bound in half green
morocco, top edge gilt, and the other cloth, uncut.
London, 1828-33
Largest paper and Original edition. The Second Series is printed
entirely on India paper. Proofs of tlie woodcuts.
These beautiful compositions were the fruit of the leisure hours of
Northcote, the celebrated painter. The wood engravings are among
the chefs (Vceuvre of English skill.
"His thoughts bubble up, and sparkle like beads of an old wine. " —
Hazlitt.
752 Northcote — Fables. Proof Illustrations to. A complete set
of the celebrated woodcuts by Branston, White, Jackson,
Moses, Nesbitt, Williams, Bonner, Mason, Sears,
DoDD, Slader, and other celebrated wood engravers, many
of whom were pupils of Thos. Bewick ; iticludes all the
initial letters, vignettes, etc. Beautifully printed on India
paper. Royal 8vo, half morocco, uncut.
London, Geo. Lawford, 1828
Very rare. Only 25 copies printed. From the Bewick collection
of the Rev. Thos. Hugo.
753 Norton (Andrews). The Evidences of the Genuineness of
the Gospels. 3 vols. 8vo, half morocco. Boston, 1837
Presentation copy from the author to ' ' Geo. S. Hillard, " with auto-
graph inscription. With cancelled slip in Vol. 2, " Additional Notes,"
p. clvii. and with following MS. note by the author — " This leaf was
reprinted for the purpose of altering the note; but the original leaf has
been inserted by mistake in this and some other copies. A. N." This
is one of those copies vrith both the original and the cancel.
754 Norton (Charles Eliot). Historical Studies of Church Build-
ing in the Middle Ages — Venice, Siena, Florence. Royal
8vo, cloth, bevelled sides, top edge gilt, others uncut.
N. Y., 1880
Limited edition on thick paper. A work fully equal and a companion
to John Henry Parker's architectural voltw^es,
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755 Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-communication
for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
From commencement in November, 1849, to December,
1859, with Index to "Vols. 1-12. Together 21 vols, small
4to, of which 20 vols, are bound in half calf and one in
cloth {i. e., the Index volume). London, 1849-59
Rufus Choate's copy. This set includes the whole of the first series
and Vols. I to 8 inclusive of the second series. Very scarce in this
fine condition. A work of constantly-increasing value and importance
and that no library should be without. Sets are now difficult to pro-
cure complete, and are daily enhancing in value; the earlier series and
several of the indexes have been for some time out of print.
" Notes and Queries" was established for the purpose of furnish-
ing to all lovers of Literature a Common-place Book, in which they
might, on the one hand, record for their own use and the use of others
those minute facts — those elucidations of a doubtful phrase, or disputed
passage — those illustrations of an obsolete custom — those scattered
biographical anecdotes, or unrecorded dates — which all who read occa-
sionally stumble upon; and, on the other, of supplying a medium
through which they might address those Queries, by which the best
informed are sometimes arrested in the midst of their labors, in the
hope of receiving solutions of them from some of their brethren. The
success which attended this endeavor to supply a want long felt by
literary men, was manifested shortly after its first being published by
the necessity of permanently enlarging the size of the paper; by the
increase in the circulation, and by the rising up of contributors and
subscribers in all quarters of the globe, which enables the guild of litte-
rateurs to waft their Queries ' ' from Indus to the Pole. ''
756 Novum Testamentum Greece. Ed. Hahn. i2mo, half
morocco. N. Y., 1842
Published by Leavitt and Trow.
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•CALLAGHAN (E. B.). A List of editions of the
Holy Scriptures, printed in America previous to
i860 ; with Introduction and Bibliographical
Notes. 4to, half morocco, uncut.
Albany, Munsell &= Rowland, 1861
Large paper.
A well-executed work, of which only one hundred and fifty copies
were printed.
It contains Facsimiles of the title-pages to Eliot's Indian Bible.
" The author [O'Callaghan] is one of the most thorough historians.''
— Historical Magazine.
758 O'Flanagan (J. R.). Lives of the Lord Chancellors
and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland, from the Earliest
Times to the Reign of Victoria. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1870
A desirable accompaniment to Campbell's Lives.
759 O'Keeffe (John, Dramatist). Recollections of his Life. By
Himself. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Colburn, 1826
Scarce. Printed on hot-pressed paper. "O'Keeffe commenced
writing plays before he was sixteen. " — Allibone.
760 Old English Drama. A Selection of Plays from the Old
English Dramatists. Vignettes. 2 vols. 8vo, half morocco,
gilt tops. London, 1825
Large paper. Very scarce and fine copy.
761 [Oldys (William).] The British Librarian: Exhibiting a
Compendious Review or Abstract of our most- Scarce,
Useful, and Valuable Books, in all Sciences, as well
in Manuscript as in Print: with many Characters,
Historical and Critical, of the Authors, their An-
tagonists, etc., in a manner never before attempted,
and Useful to all Readers. 8vo, half morocco, top
edge gilt.
London, Printed for Thomas Osborne, in Gray's Inn,
M.DCC.XXXVIII.
Very rare.
' ' Oldys's British Librarian was published in six numbers, during
2IO THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
the first six months of the year 1737; forming, with the Index, an
octavo volume of 402 pages. It is difficult to say, from the conclu-
sion (pp. 373-4), whether the work was dropped for want of encour-
agement, or from the capriciousness or indolence of the author.
. Meanwhile, the reader is informed that the British
Librarian is a work of no common occurrence or mean value. It is
rigidly correct in bibliographical information. I once sent three
guineas to procure a copy." — Diedin.
The following ingenious anagram was found in one of Oldys's
MSS. :
" In word and will i am a friend to you,
And one friend old is worth a hundred new."
' ' Mr. Oldys, a man of eager curiosity and indefatigable diligence,
who first exerted that spirit of inquiry into literature of the old English
writers, by which the works of our great dramatic poet have of late
been so signally illustrated. His bibliographical talents were not
eclipsed by those of any contemporary." — Boswell's Life of Johnson.
762 OoRT (Dr. H.), HooYKAAS (Dr. I.) and Kuenen (Dr. A.).
Bible for Learners. Colored maps. 3 vols. i2mo, cloth.
Boston, 1878-79
763 OssiAN. The Poems of, in the Original Gaelic, with a
Literal Translation into Latin by the late Robert Mac-
FARLAN, A.M. Fine portrait and facsimile. 3 vols, royal
8vo, tree marbled calf extra, marbled edges and ends.
London, 1807
Rare. A fine copy of the edition of Ossian, printed by Bulmer
and under the sanction of the Highland Society. It contains a dis-
sertation on the authority of the poem by Sir John Sinclair, and a
translation of Cesarotti's dissertation on the Ossianic controversy by
John M'Arthur, LL.D.
'* Ossian, sublimest, simplest bard of all.
Whom English infidels Macpherson call." — Churchill.
764 OsBURN (W.). Monumental History of Egypt, as recorded
in the Ruins of her Temples, Palaces and Tombs. Up-
wards of 1200 hieroglyphics and engravings, some colored. 2
vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1854
Scarce. " These Egyptian discoveries are likely to be one of the
greatest wonders of the age." — Thomas Arnold.
765 Ottley (WiUiam Young). Collection of One Hundred and
Twenty-nine Facsimiles of Scarce and Curious Prints
by the Early Masters of the Italian, German and Flem-
ish Schools, illustrative of the History of Engraving, with
Introductory Remarks and a Catalogue of the Plates. 129
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finely engraved plates on India paper, with the Niellos exe-
cuted in SILVER (some slightly foxed'). Folio, russia extra
. gilt edges. \.oxiAQVi, published for the Proprietor, iM?,
Very scarce. A fine Large paper copy of this splendid work,
which was published atj^is 15J. The first issue, dated 1826, contains
100 facsimiles only; the second issue has 129, with a corresponding
additional text (pp. 21-26). The above is complete in every respect.
The facsimiles of the Niello engravings, formerly in the possession
of Sir Mark Sykes, are executed on silver, in exact imitation of the
originals, besides which an impression of each plate is given on India
paper. Very few copies were printed.
This beautiful work may be faiily stated to be unpublished, as very
few copies were ever distributed, and those chiefly as presents by the
late proprietor. The accurate knowledge of the late Mr. Ottley in
this peculiar department of the fine arts is here displayed. It would
be impossible for the collector to have more faithful copies of the rare
specimens contained in the present elegant volume.
766 Ottley. Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of
Engraving upon Copper and in Wood; with an Account
of the Engravers and their Works, from the invention of
Chalcography by Maso Finiguerra to the time of Marc
Antonio Raimondi. Illustrated with numerous facsimiles
of ancient, rare and curious engravings. 2 vols. 4to, russia,
gilt marbled edges. London, 1816
Very scarce. A fine copy of this magnificent book, which is
printed uniformly with Dibdin's Ames, and which, with that work forms
a grand series of the History of Printing and Engraving.
" Mr. Ottley is the first among us who has treated of the early art
of Engraving in a manner in which it deserves to be treated; and the
embellishments which he has introduced are equally distinguished for
their felicity and fidelity. " — Dibdin.
" See Ottley's excellent History of Engraving." — Lord Lindsay.
767 Ottley. An Inquiry concerning the Invention of Printing.
With an Introduction by J. Ph. Berjeau. Illustrated with
37 engravings upon copper and wood, besides numerous wood
engravings on the letter-press, executed under the care of the
author. 4to, handsomely bound in yellow calf gilt, by
Pratt. London, Lilly, 1863
Large paper. Only 200 copies of this very learned and interesting
work were printed . In the author's preliminary observations on the
method pursued in this work he says: — " The following work contains
an account of researches, prosecuted at intervals during the last
twenty years, upon the Origin of Printing, with a view to ascertain,
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if possible, whether the claims of Holland to the honor of that
invention be really well or ill founded. In further prosecuting this
inquiry I have endeavored to bring to bear on the subject various
kinds of evidence not resorted to, and perhaps not thought of, by
previous writers; and I flatter myself that, in consequence, I have
been enabled, in not a few instances, to clear up doubtful points; to
prove the falsehood of opinions until now generally held to be true ;
and to establish incontrovertibly the truth of some facts, at least,
which have heretofore been denied or contested."
It contains a most minute analysis and particulars of all the argu-
ments brought forward by those who favor either the claims of Hol-
land or Germany, including the systems of Meerman, Heinecken, San-
tander, aud Koning; the early use of wood engraving in Europe;
an accurate collation of the various editions of the early block-
books, viz.; the Biblia Pauperum; Historia seu Providentia Virginis
Marife ex Cantico Canticorum; Speculum Humanse Salvationis;
etc., etc.
768 Otway (Thos.). Dramatic and Poetical Works, with
Life, and Explanatory Notes, by Thos. Thornton. Por-
trait and frontispieces. 3 vols. 8vo, handsome yellow calf
extra, gilt edges. London, 1813
Large paper, best edition, and very scarce.
' ' The work of a man not attentive to decency, nor zealous for virtue,
but of one who conceived forcibly, and drew originally, by consulting
nature in his own breast." — Samuel Johnson.
769 OvERBURY (Sir Thomas). Miscellaneous Works, edited by
E. F. RiMBAULT, LL.D. Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth, un-
cut. London, John Russell Smith, 1856
Sir Thomas Overbury was poisoned in the Tower of London, and,
it is asserted, by the Earl and Countess of Essex.
Fuller says that Overbury — " Attained to be a most accomplished
gentleman, which the happiness of his pen doth in poetry and prose
both declare. In the latter he was the first writer of character of bur
nation, so far as I have observed."
770 OvERSTONE (Lord, Samuel Jones Lloyd). Tracts and other
Publications on Metallic and Paper Currency. 8vo, calf
gilt, red edges by Leighton. London, 1857
Privately printed and not published. Presentation copy, with au-
thor's MS. inscription — " Matthew James Higgins, Esquire etc etc
etc With Lord Overstone's compliments." The above was edited
by J. R. McCuUoch.
"The luminous clearness of Lord Overstone's style." — Saturday
Review.
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771 OxBERRY (W.). The New English Drama. With Biograph-
ical Sketches and Notes. Consisting of upwards of 100 of
the most celebrated Comedies, Tragedies, Operas, Farces,
and Melodramas. With finely-engraved portraits of cele-
brated performers. 27 vols. 8vo, half calf, uncut, and in-
terleaved with blank paper. London, v. d.
Fine clean copy. One of the best collections of Dramatic pieces.
The portraits are admirably executed. It is the only edition existing
in which are faithfully marked the Stage Business and Stage
Directions at the Theatres Royal.
772 Oxford English Classics. A handsome set of these
valuable and finely-printed editions, including
Bacon's Works, and comprising : —
I. Bacon (Francis, Lord Chancellor of England). Works.
A New Edition, edited by Basil Montagu, Esq., with a
new Life, Preface, and copious Notes. With portraits,
views and facsimiles. 17 vols.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1825-34
IL Gibbon (Edward). History of the Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire. Portrait. 8 vols.
Oxford, Talboys &= Wheeler, and London, W. Pickering,
1827
III. Robertson (William, D.D.). Works, complete, with
Life. Portrait. 8 vols. London, W. Pickering, 1825
IV. Boswell (James). Life of Samuel Johnson, with
additional Notes and Illustrations by E. P. Walesby.
Portrait of Boswell. 4 vols.
Oxford and London, Pickering, 1826
V. Johnson (Samuel, LL.D.). Works, including the Parlia-
mentary Debates. Portrait. 11 vols.
London and Oxford, W. Pickering, 1825
VI. Hume (David) and Smollett (T., M.D.). History of
England. With fine series of the portraits of the Kings
of England. 13 vols,
Oxford and London, W. Pickering, 1826-27
Together 61 vols. Svo, uniformly and handsomely
BOUND IN polished CALF EXTRA, MARBLED EDGES, by
W. NuTT. Oxford and London, W. Pickering, 1825-34
A superb set, bound in the best style by one of the best European
binders.
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773 Oxford Sausage (The), or Select Poetical Pieces, written
by the most Celebrated Wits of the University of Oxford.
A New Edition, adorned with the original woodcuts. Calf,
gilt back, carmine edges. London, 1815
Rare. Illustrated with cuts from the original designs by Thomas
Bewick, and a portrait of " Mrs. Dorothea Spreadbury, invent-
ress of the Oxford Sausage. "
" Adorned with cuts engraved in a new taste, and designed by the
best masters. " — Lowndes.
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774 [F^^^lACIFIC RAILROAD. Reports of Explorations
and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable
and economical route for a railroad from the
Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made
under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-5.
Profusely illustrated with plates of natural history, views,
archmology, etc., as well as maps, plans, etc. 13 vols. 4to,
cloth. Washington, 1855-60
The title fails to give an idea of the value of this great work, which
is an elaborate report upon the natural and physical history of the
vast country traversed by this great railroad. The work is copiously
and elaborately illustrated. In the volumes relating to the natural
history of the birds the plates are beautifully colored.
775 Palfrey (John G.). History of New England during
the Stuart Dynasty. Maps, etc. 4 vols, royal 8vo, cloth,
uncut edges. Boston, 1858-75
Palfrey's work should be read before Bancroft's.
776 Palfrey. Academical Lectures on the Jewish Scriptures
and Antiquities. 2 vols, (all published) royal 8vo, cloth,
uncut. Boston, 1838-40
777 Palgrave (Sir Francis, K.H.). The History of Normandy
and of England. Vols, i to 4 inclusive. Thick 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, Parker, 1851-64
Vols. I and 2 are VERY SCARCE.
" Sir Francis has the rare merit of giving interest even to dull sub-
jects, and of rendering additionally brilliant those that are confess-
edly attractive." — London AthentBum.
778 Palgrave (W. G.). Narrative of a Year's Journey through
Central and Eastern Arabia. Portrait and large map.
2 vols. 8vo, half morocco extra. London, 1865
One of the most remarkable and best books of travels in the En-
glish language.
" A model of what its class should be." — Fortnightly Review.
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779 Palgrave. Essays on Eastern Questions. 8vo, cloth, un-
cut. London, 1872
780 Paintings. Nine Catalogues of collections of paintings,
medals, coins, autographs, etc. 9 pieces.
781 Panofka (Theodor). Manners and Customs of the Greeks.
Translated from the German. With illustrations by
George Scharf, taken chiefly from Greek fictile vases.
4to, boards. London, T. C. JVewby, 1849
" Mr. Scharf is our best antiquarian art critic." — London Athenaum.
782 Pardoe (Julia). Historical Works, i. e. : —
I. Pardoe. Life of Marie de Medicis, Consort of
Henry IVth of France, and Regent of that Kingdom
under Louis Xlllth. Second Edition. Fine portraits
and facsimiles. 3 vols. London, 1852
IL Pardoe. Louis the Fourteenth and the Court of
France in the XVIIth Century. Second Edition. Por-
traits and woodcuts. 3 vols. London, 1847
in. Pardoe. Court and Reign of Francis the First,
King of France. Portraits. 2 vols. London, 1849
Together 8 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1847-52
Nice, clean uncut copies.
" In these works Miss Pardoe has shown herself capable of charm-
ingly lively, and, at times, gorgeously colored narrative, and of giving
an attractive and novel exposition of history." — Jeaffreson.
783 Parker (John Henry, C. P.). Archaeology of Rome,
i. e.: —
I. Primitive Fortifications of the City of Rome. Second
Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Oxford, 1878
II. Aqueducts of Ancient Rome. Oxford, 1876
III. The Catacombs. Oxford, 1877
IV. The Egyptian Obelisks. Oxford, 1876
V. Tombs in and near Rome, Sculpture among the Greeks
and Romans, Mythology in Funereal Sculpture and Early
Christian Sculpture. Oxford, 1877
VI. The Forum Romanum. Oxford, 1876
VII. Flavian Amphitheatre, commonly called the Colos-
seum. Oxford, 1876
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VIII. Medieval Church and Altar Decorations in Rome and
Mosaic Pictures. Oxford, 1876
Together 8 vols, [all published]. Illustrated with numer-
ous plates, plans, maps, etc. 8vo, uniform cloth.
Oxford, 1876-78
Best edition and complete as far as issued. "He [John Henry
Parker] has done more perhaps to popularize a knowledge of ardhitec-
ture in this country than any other Englishman." — London Bookseller.
784 Parker. Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman,
Italian and Gothic Architecture, 2 vols.; also — Companion
to the Same, containing 400 additional examples. Pro-
fusely illustrated with YjI 00 wood engravings. Together 3
vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Oxford, 1850
Last and best edition enlarged and improved. This is by far the
most comprehensive and explicit work on the subject ; indispensable to
the master and amateur, and equally adapted to the comprehension of
the workman.
785 Partington (C. F.). National History and Views of Lon-
don and Its Environs ; embracing their Antiquities,
Modern Improvements, etc., etc. Illustrated with 600 steel
engravings from original drawings by eminent artists. 2 vols.
8vo, half calf, gilt. London, Geo. Virtue, n. d.
" A good work." — ^Allibone.
786 Pascal (Blaise). Provincial Letters, with a View of the
History of the Jesuits. 8vo, boards. Washington, 1831
The "Provincial Letters" were originally published under the name
of Louis de Montalte.
787 Pascal. Pens^es de, sur la Religion et sur quelques autres
Sujets. 24mo, calf, gilt. Paris, 1686
788 Peabody (George). Account of the Proceedings at the
Dinner Given by Mr. George Peabody to the Americans
connected with the Great Exhibition at the London Coffee
House, Ludgate Hill, on the 27th of October, 1851. Ru-
bricated title and cut. 4to, cloth, gilt edges.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1851
Large paper. Only a limited number "printed for private distri-
bution" by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. With autograph of the
great philanthropist in this presentation copy.
789 Peele (Geo.). Dramatic Works. Collected and edited,
with some account of his Life and Writings, by the Rev.
Alex. Dyce. Second edition, with additions, and
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THE SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME. Together 3 vols, crown
8vo, tree marbled calf extra. London, Pickering, 1829-39
Large paper. Very rare. Most sets of Pickering's collection of
Dramatists have the original edition in 2 vols.
' ' Peele and Marlowe were the contemporaries of Shakespeare ; both
had exquisite feelings for poetry, and excelled in description, to which
the former lent beauty, the latter sublimity." — GiFFORD.
790 Percy (Bp.). Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.
Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, etc. Front., and vignette illus-
trations by Grignion. 3 vols, foolscap 8vo, tree calf gilt.
London, Dodsley, 1765
First edition, with a few poems not inserted in later editions.
Prefixed is an essay on the " Ancient English Minstrels," some copies
of which were struck off separately.
" But, above all, I then first became acquainted with Bishop Percy's
' Reliques.' The first time, too, I could scrape a few shillings together,
I bought unto myself a copy of these beloved volumes ; nor do I be-
lieve I read a book half so frequently or with half the enthusiasm." —
Sir W. Scott.
791 Percy. Folio Manuscript ; Old English Ballads and
Romances ; with Introductions, Glossary, etc., by Hales
and Furnivall, assisted by Child, Chappell, etc. Fac-
simile of a page of the MS. 3 vols. 8vo, half Roxburghe ;
also — Loose and Humorous Songs, one vol. sewed. To-
gether 4 vols. London, 1867-68
Out of print. This copy contains the Loose and Humorous
Songs which were vrithdrawn from circulation, and are found in but
few copies. It forms a separate volume.
This is a faithful reprint (and fortunately not an expurgated one) of
the celebrated Manuscript which formed the foundation of Bp. Percy's
famous Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, but the value of which
work is lessened by numerous alterations and supposed improvements
by that eminent scholar in many of the originals. But beyond this,
the Manuscript contains much valuable matter nowhere else to be found.
For a hundred years, the real text of Bishop Percy's MS. has been
kept from the reading public, notwithstanding the interest excited by
the Ritson controversy, and by the efforts of Jamieson, Dr. Dibdin,
Sir F. Madden, etc., to make that text known. The long hidden MS.
has at length been printed faithfully in full ; Percy's alterations and
falsifications of his originals have been made known, and the print of
the MS. has become an indispensable addition to every English library,
not only by reason of the connection of the book with the Reliques,
but on account of much other unique and valuable matter which it
contains.
" This precious Manuscript contains 196 Pieces (some Fragments)
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in nearly 40,000 lines, and is in a hand of James I.'s reign. The list
of its contents shows how many unprinted Ballads and Romances it
contains — for what Percy printed of the manuscript must be considered
unprinted for our purpose." — Editor's preface.
792 Percy Society and Warton Club's Publications, i. e.: —
I. Percy Society's Publications, complete, comprising an
extraordinary Collection of Early and Rare Specimens of
English Poetry, edited by eminent Literary Men. 30 vols.
London, 1840-52
A beautiful copy, scarce. From the very limited number of copies
printed, and those for members, and not for sale, these works will
always be very difficult to procure ; the above contains all the publica-
tions of the Society.
II. Warton Club Publications. 4 vols. London, 1855-56
After the Percy Society was dissolved in 1852 the Warton Club en-
deavored to take its place. It expired, however, in 1856.
Together 34 vols, post 8vo, uniform, half green
morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others trimmed.
London, 1840-56
793 Percy Anecdotes, Original and Select. By Sholto and
Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Abbey,
Mount Benger. Portraits. 20 vols. 24mo, half calf gilt.
London, 1823
Published under the pseudonymes of Reuben and Sholto Percy.
Reuben Percy was Thomas Byerley of Mount Benger, in Scotland,
editor of the Star. Sholto was Joseph Clinton Robertson, editor of
the Mechanic and Railway Record, and of Tilloch's Philosophical
Magazine. 260,000 parts were sold during the four years of its first
publication. ,
" No man that has any pretensions to figure in good society can fail
to make himself familiar with the Percy Anecdotes. " — Lord Byron.
794 Perkins (C). Tuscan Sculptors; their Lives, Works
and Times, with i^i, full-page tinted etchings, and 28 beauti-
ful woodcuts from original drawings and photographs, 2
vols. 1864 ; — also, Italian Sculptors ; being a History
of Sculpture in Northern, Southern and Eastern Italy
with 2^ full-page etchings on India paper, a«^ 13 engra-
vings on wood from drawings and photographs, 1868. To-
gether 3 vols. 4to, cloth, uncut. London, Longmans, 1864-68
SUBERB IMPRESSIONS OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
This is an entirely new and carefully executed work, and has received
universal commendation.
" Our verdict on this admirable work (Italian Sculptors) is given with
pleasure, not only on account of the taste, tact, learning, and compre-
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hensive views of the author, but because his literary style is clear, his
research large, and his illustrative power rich." — Athenauin.
" Books upon Italian painting abound; while the available works
upon Italian sculpture, including those which treat of it in conjunction
with painting, are few."
795 Perry (Commodore). Narrative of Expedition of Ameri-
can Squadron to the China Seas and Japan. Compiled by
Francis L. Hawks. Numerous plates {some tinted) and
wood engravings. 3 vols. 4to, sheep, Washington, 1856
In this valuable scientific work the first successful attempt at pro-
ducing a colored lithograph, in imitation of a drawing, is introduced.
Vol. I. contains the narrative of the expedition, illustrated by 8g fine
hthographic plates, 78 woodcuts, and 4 maps. Vol.11. — A collection
of reports, by various naval officers, on the agriculture, botany, natural
history, meteorology, topography, ethnography and geology of the
places visited by the expedition. Vol. III. — Observations on the
Zodiacal light.
796 Pettigrew (T. J.). Chronicles of the Tombs, a Select Col-
lection of Epitaphs. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1857
797 Phillips (Henry, Jr.). Continental Paper Money. His-
torical Sketches of American Paper Currency. First and
Second Series. Together 2 vols. 4to, morocco, uncut.
Roxbury, Mass., 1866
No. 36 of Hmited — " edition of 250 copies and 3 on drawing paper
— 50 copies on LARGE PAPER."
798 Piers Ploughman's Vision. — Visio Willi de Petro Plouh-
MAN, item Visiones ejusdem de Dowel, Dobet et Dobest,
or the Vision of William concerning Piers Plouhman.
Finely printed in Gothic types, in black and red inks, from
the edition '■'■imprinted at London by Reynold Wolfe, 1553."
With Introductory Discourse, a Perpetual Commentary,
Annotations and a Glossary by Whittaker. Thick 4to, mor-
occo, bevelled sides, gilt edges. London, Bensley, 1813-14
Rare. A limited edition of 150 copies handsomely printed on thick
paper in black and red. The above is a superb copy of this sump-
tuous typographical marvel.
Piers Ploughman's ' ' Vision " is a religious allegorical satire in which
the vices of almost every profession are attacked. It is generally
attributed to Robert Langland or Longland, who flourished about the
beginning of the XlVth century.
" This poem (of Peirs Ploughman) is not only extremely scarce and
has almost the rarity of a Manuscript, but it is a curious and lively
picture of an order of men (the Monks) who once made a conspicuous
figure in the world." — Warton.
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799 Piers Ploughman.— The Vision and the Creed of Piers
Plouhman newly Imprinted, with Notes and a Glossary
by Thomas Wright, M.A., F.R.S., etc. Colored plates.
2 vols. i6mo, morocco, gilt edges.
London, William Pickering, 1832
Scarce. Printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press.
" The Vision of ' Piers Ploughman ' is one of the most precious and
interesting monuments of the Enghsh language and literature, and
also of the social and political condition of the country during the
fourteenth century Its author is not certainly known, but its
time of composition can, by internal evidence, be fixed at about the
year 1362. On this and on all matters bearing upon the origin and
object of the poem, Mr. Wright's historical introduction gives ample
information." — Literary Gazette.
799* Piers Ploughman. — The Vision and Creed of Piers
Ploughman. Edited by Thomas Wright ; a new edition,
revised, with additions to the Notes and Glossary. Colored
frontispiece. 2 vols, post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1856
800 Pitt (Right Honorable WilHam). Life of, by Earl Stan-
hope. Portraits and facsimiles. 4 vols. 8vo, calf gilt,
marbled edges. 1861-62
" Pitt was the idol of the whole European aristocracy." — Napoleon
Bonaparte.
801 Pitt. Speeches of Rt. Hon. William Pitt in the House
of Commons. 4 vols. 8vo, half morocco, gilt. London, 1806
Original and best edition.
802 Plutarch's Lives. The Translation called Dryden's Cor-
rected from the Greek and Revised by A. H.Clough. 5 vols,
imp. 8vo, half cloth, uncut. Boston, Little, Brown &^Ci9.,i865
Large paper; 100 copies printed. The handsomest edition of Plu-
tarch extant, and very scarce.
" When I write I care not to have books about me; but I can hardly
be without a Plutarch." — Montague.
' ' Plutarch's ' Lives ' cannot be spared from the smallest hbrary ; first,
because he is readable, which is much; then, that he is medicinal and
invigorating." — Emerson.
803 Poems on Affairs of State, from 1620 to 1707. Written by
the Greatest Wits of the Age and by the most eminent
Hands. 4 vols. 8vo, old calf. London, 1703-7
Best edition. Fine copy, with the curious caricature plates in Vol.
IV. , which are generally wanting.
The largest and fullest collection of the Satirical, Facetious and
Comic Poetry of the time of Charles the 2d, by Lord Rochester, Tom
Brown, Andrew Marvel, the Duke of Buckingham, etc.
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804 Poor (Henry V.). Money and Its Laws: embracing a His-
tory of Monetary Theories, and a History of the Curren-
cies of the United States. Thick royal 8vo, cloth, uncut.
N. Y., 1877
" He knoweth not the law who knoweth not the reason thereof." —
Coke.
805 Pope (Alexander). Works, with Notes and Illustrations,
edited by Wm. Roscoe. Portrait. 8 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt.
London, 1847
Printed in large type and by far the best edition of this esteemed
author.
"As a whole, the edition before us is certainly the most agreeable of
all we possess. The fidelity of Mr. Roscoe to the interests of Pope's
reputation contrasts pleasingly with the harshness at times of Bowles
and the reckless neutrality of Warton Mr. Roscoe's own notes
are written with a peculiar good sense, temperance and kind feeling."
— De Quincey.
806 Porter (Major Whitworth). A History of the Knights of
Malta or the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jeru-
salem. Frontispiece and map. 2 vols. 8vo, green calf extra,
marbled edges. London, 1858
" Treated with the fullness aud clearness which so great a subject
demands. " — London Globe.
807 Portraits of the British Poets from Chaucer to Cow-
PER AND Beattie. Illustrated by Notes, Biographical,
Critical and Poetical. Illustrated by 140 highly-finished en-
gravings by FiNDEN, Warren, Pye, etc. 2 vols, small folio,
half green morocco, gilt, cloth sides, gilt tops.
London, James Carpenter &" Son, 1824
Rare. Large paper and very fine India proof impressions.
Copies like the above are almost impossible to obtain. Only 25 copies
of this size were executed, all of which were subscribed for at 50 guineas
each. Ordinary copies were published at no less a sum than £2,2. It
is the only complete series in an elegant form, and is adapted to illus-
trate all editions of the Poets from octavo to folio size.
808 Praed (Winthrop Mackworth). Poems (containing all his
graceful Poetical Pieces, celebrated Charades, etc., now
first collected) with a Memoir by Rev. Derwent Cole-
ridge. Portrait on India paper. 2 vols. 8vo, half mo-
rocco, top edges gilt, others uncut.
London, Edward Moxon, 1864
Large and thick paper, with India paper proof portrait.
Praed's fancy was airy, bright and arabesque. It enabled him, with
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his easy command of poetical expression, to produce picturesque
sketches with equal grace and facility His prose is almost as
quaintly and pensively playful as his verse." — London Atheneum.
809 Prescott (William H.). Works — Including History of
Conquest of Mexico and of Peru, 6 vols.; Critical and
Historical Essays. Maps. Together 7 vols, post 8vo, half
calf, gilt. London, 1850-52
Prescott's works have not only been printed and reprinted in America,
in England and France, but have been translated into Spanish, Italian,
and German, and are familiar as ' ' classics for the whole world " where-
ever history is studied.
810 Prescott. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella, the Catholic, of Spain. By William H. Prescott.
Portraits. 3 vols. 8vo, half calf. Boston, 1838
811 Prynne (Wm.). The Defence of Stage-Play; or, a Retrac-
tation of a former Book of his called Histrio-Mastix. 4to,
Roxburghe, uncut. London, 1649
100 copies. Reprinted and not for sale, 1822. The " Histrio-
Mastix," of which the above is a "retractation," is one of the most
extraordinary works ever written. For its publication, it is well known,
the author was sentenced by the Star-Chamber to pay a fine of ;^5,ooo
to the King, to be degraded from his profession of the law, and to lose
his ears in the pillory. The severity of this sentence has been accounted
for from the fact that Prynne, in his severe strictures against ' ' Women
Actors," is supposed to have reflected on Queen Henrietta, who it
appears had performed in some Court Masque. In it he quotes 55
Synods and Councils, 71 Fathers, 150 Catholic and Protestant authors,
40 Heathen Philosophers, besides very numerous other writers.
812 PucKLE (James). The Club: a Dialogue between Father
and Son. Printed on Yellow Chinese Paper. Imp. 8vo,
green morocco extra. London, 181 7
Seven copies only printed in this style. Sold at Sotheby's, 1821,
for £t. igj. This was the Allan copy and has the following MS.
Note — "Only seven copies of this impression printed. — J no. Allan."
813 PuCKLE Club. A Gray Cap for a Green Head: a Dialogue
between a Father and a Son, by James Puckle. Beautiful
woodcut illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1834
Printed by C Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Although a
small paper, it is a beautiful and clean one for extra-illustration.
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iJUARLES (Francis). Emblems, Divine and Moral.
Profusely illustrated. 24mo, full morocco, top
edge gilt, others uncut.
London, Chiswick Press, 1825
Fine uncut copy. It is very rarely such a fine copy of this quaint and
curious book occurs.
The best proof of Quarles's merit is the rarity of copies in good condi-
tion. He possesses much genuine fire, uses happy similes, admirable
epithets, compound words, smooth versification, and keeps one in per-
petual alarm.
" His visible Poetry (I mean his Emblems) is excellent, catching
therein the eye and fancy at one draught, so that he hath out-Alciated
therein in some men's judgment. " — Fuller.
815 QuARLES. The School of the Heart ; with the Learning of
the Heart ; and Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man {in Verse).
With 64 curious emblematical woodcuts. 32mo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1845
816 QuARLES. Enchiridion. Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1856
" Had this little book been written at Athens or Rome, its author
would have been classed with the wise men of his country. " — Headley.
817 QuEVEDO (Francis). The Comical Works of. i2mo, calf
(rebacked). London, 1742
Best edition, very scarce and fine paper. Quevedo was one of the
most celebrated Spanish writers. He was born in 1580, and died 1643.
818 QuiNCY (Josiah). The History of Harvard University by
Josiah Quincy, LL.D., President of the University. Steel
fronts., facsimile and cuts. 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth, uncut.
Cambridge, John Owen, 1840
First and most desirable edition. ' ' We acknowledge great obliga-
tions to President Quincy for the pleasure and instruction derived from
his volumes." — J. G. Palfrey.
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3i9 QuiNCY. The Memory of the late James Grahame, the
Historian of the United States, Vindicated from the
Charges of " Detraction " and " Calumny " preferred
against him by Mr. George Bancroft, and the Conduct
of Mr. Bancroft towards that Historian stated and
exposed. By Josiah Quincy. 8vo, half calf.
Boston, Crosby &" Nichols, 1846
Very scarce. See Mr. Bancroft's explanatory rejoinder to this
pamphlet, in the " Memorandum'' forming pages 27 and 28 of the
ninth volume of his " History of the United States."
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820 It: :wk. .B!A;:v:|| ABELAIS (Francis). Works, translated from
the French by Sir Thomas Urquhart and
MoTTEAUx, with Explanatory Notes by Du-
CHAT, OzELL, and others. 4 vols. 8vo, calf.
London, 1807
Large paper and very scarce.
" I could write a treatise in praise of the moral elevation of Rabe-
LAls's work which would make the church stare, and the conventicle
groan. ... I class Rabelais with the great creative minds of the
world, Shakespeare, Dante, Cervantes, etc." — Coleridge.
821 Racine (Jean). CEuvres Completes de J. Racine avec les
Notes de tous les Commentateurs. Cinquifeme Edition
publi^e par L. Aim6-Martin, avec des Additions Nouv-
elles. Steel portrait and exquisite plates. 6 vols, royal
8vo, half red morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut.
Paris, 1844
Large paper. A fine copy.
Racine — "contests with his immediate predecessor, Corneille, the
glory of being the greatest among the French tragic dramatists. His
grace and melody of diction are exquisite; and his refined tenderness
of feeling, often melting into profound pathos, breaks out through all
the barriers imposed by the unities, and the simple plots and the mo-
notony of the rhymed Alexandrine verse."
822 Raleigh (Sir Walter). Life of, based on Contemporary
Documents preserved in the Rolls House, etc., together
with his Letters, now first collected by Edward Edwards.
Illustrated by portrait, facsimiles of writing, etc. 2 vols,
thick 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1868
Vol. I. contains the "Life," and Vol. II. the "Letters," among
which are a large number never before printed.
Of all the great characters that figured in the history of England
Raleigh is one of the greatest.
823 Ramsay (Allan). The Gentle Shepherd: a Pastoral Com-
edy; to which is prefixed a New Biographical Memoir,
Glossary, etc. With portrait and 12 plates from original
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designs iJy Allan and with bo additional illustrations inserted.
4to, bluemor. extra, gilt sides and edges. Edinburgh, 1808
Unique and lot 2,449 fi'oi" John Allan's Library. Many rare por-
traits and plates were inserted in this copy. Most of them are inlaid
and very carefully. Some of the portraits are India proofs and others
are excellent examples of mezzotints.
824 Ramsay. Poetical Works complete, with copious Glossary
and Life. Portrait and facsimile of writing. 2 vols. Svo,
half calf gilt (2 pages mended and some slightly water-
stained). London, 1800
Best edition, scarce. Edited by G. Chalmers and Lord Woodhouselee.
" Green be the pillow of honest Allan, at whose lamp Burns lighted
his brilliant torch."— SIR Walter Scott.
825 Ranke (Leopold). History of the Popes. 3 portraits. 3
vols, post 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1853-56
" It is hardly necessary for us to say that this is an excellent book
excellently translated. " — Macaulay.
826 Raphael. The Cartoons of, with Descriptive Text. 1 plates
engraved by G. Greatbach from the originals at Hampton
Court Palace. Folio. Loose, in cloth cover. London, n. d.
827 Rawlinson (George). Five Great Monarchies of the
Ancient Eastern World, or. The History, Geography,
and Antiquities of Chaldea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and
Persia, maps and several hundred woodcuts, 3 vols., London,
Murray, 1862-67; also — Sixth Great Oriental Mon-
archy, or, The Geography, History, and Antiquities of
Parthia, frontispiece, etc., and maps, London, 1873. To-
gether 5 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1862-73
Original edition of the " Five Great Monarchies," and ex-
tremely scarce. One of the most difficult modern books to find.
828 Rawlinson. — Herodotus — A New English Version, edited,
with Notes and Appendices, illustrating the History and
Geography of Herodotus, by G. Rawlinson, assisted by
CoL. Sir H. Rawlinson and Sir J. G. Wilkinson. With
maps and illustrations on wood. 4 vols. Svo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1862
Original edition.
829 Reade (W. Winwood). The Veil of Isis; or the Mysteries
of the Druids. 8vo, half morocco, cloth sides, gilt top.
London, 1861
Scarce and curious. Winwood Reade is best known as the author of
the " Martyrdom of Man," a work that has had an immense circulation
in Europe and this country.
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830 Reclus (Elisee). The Earth, a Descriptive History of the
Phenomena on the Life of the Globe — Continents. Trans-
lated by B. B. Woodward and edited by Henry Wood-
ward. Illustrated by 230 maps inserted in the text and 24
page maps, printed in colors. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, top edges
gilt. London and N. Y., 187 1
831 Reed and Cadwalader Pamphlets. A Reprint of, with an
Appendix. 4to, sewed, uncut. [Phila.], 1863
igg copies only printed and all for subscribers.
832 Reid (Thomas, D.D.). Works, now Fully Collected, with
Selections from his Unpublished Letters. Preface, Notes
and Supplementary Dissertations by Sir William Hamil-
ton, Bart. Thick 8vo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1852
"Text collated and revised; useful distinctions inserted; leading
words and propositions marked out; allusions indicated; quotations
filled up; prefixed Stewart's Account of the life and writings of Reid,
with Notes by the Editor. Copious indices subjoined."
833 Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian
Magazine. [Consisting of Criticisms upon, Analyses of,
and Extracts from, Curious, Valuable, and Scarce Old
Books.J 18 vols. 8vo, of which 16 vols, are bound in half
calf and 2 in half morocco, gilt top. London, 1820-54
Scarce. The Three Series Complete and with loose MS. list
of contributors.
" An excellent review of early English literature. The criticisms in
the First Series were written by Geo. Robinson, Esq., W. Gray,
Esq., Mr. Sergt. Talfourd, Joseph Parkes, Esq., etc., under the
superintendence of H. Southern, Esq. The Second Series was
edited by Henry Southern, and Nicholas Harris Nicolas. The papers
in the Third Series were chiefly written by Thomas Wright, Esq.,
J. O. Halliwell, Esq., and M. A. Lower, Esq." — Lowndes.
834 Retz (Cardinal de). Memoirs. Portrait. 4 vols. i2mo,
calf, gilt. London, 1774
" The best memoirs that I know of are those of Cardinal de Retz.
. . . . You will, in every page of that book, see that strange,
inconsistent creature, man, just as he is." — Lord Chesterfield.
835 R^VEiL. Museum of Painting and Sculpture; or. Col-
lection of the Principal Pictures, Statues, and Bas-Reliefs
in the Public and Private Galleries of Europe. With
Descriptive, Critical and Historical Notices in French and
English, by Duchesne, senior. With full-page illustra-
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tions beautifully drawn and etched by R^veil ; — also, Les
Loges du Vatican sujets peints \ fresque par Raphael.
Together 17 vols, small 8vo, half morocco gilt, gilt top
edges, others uncut. Paris and London, 1829-34
Reveil's most interesting work contains 1200 outline engravings,
executed in a masterly style, and they will be found extremely useful
as a book of reference to the amateur and print collector. Annexed
to each engraving is a carefully-written descriptive notice.
836 Reynard the Fox, a renowned Apologue of the Middle
Ages, reproduced in Rhyme [by S. Naylor]. Elegantly
printed on thick paper, with colored and floriated capitals.
Small 4to, half morocco, uncut.
London, Longmans, 1845
This handsome volume is printed on heavy paper, and is embellished
throughout with scroll capitals in colors from wood-block letters after
designs of the 12th and 13th centuries.
837 Reynolds (Sir Joshua). Life and Times of (1723-1792),
with Notices of some of his Contemporaries, by C. R.
Leslie, R.A. and Tom Taylor. Portraits and illustra-
tions. 2 vols, thick 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Murray, 1865
Beyond the immediate subject of Reynolds and his works the
volumes treat liberally of the world of wisdom, wit, beauty and folly,
which surrounded the painter, sat to him, paid him, dined with him,
and loved him. This was the world of our grandfathers, so compre-
hensive as to include nearly every man and woman of note; near
enough to ourselves to have vital warmth even in ashes, and to those
who look on the work of the artist, instinct with life that cannot perish
while they remain.
838 Reynolds. Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds, illustrated
by Explanatory Notes and Plates by John Burnet, F.R.S.
Engraved title and tinted plates. 4to, cloth, uncut.
London, James Carpenter, 1842
Rare. Original edition and large paper. ' ' For these excellent
and universally admired discourses, the author received from the
Empress of Russia a gold snuff-box, adorned with her profile in bas-
relief, set in diamonds." — Lowndes.
839 Rhode Island. Records of the Colony of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations, in New England 1636, 1792.
Printed by order of the Legislature. Transcribed and
Edited by John Russell Bartlett, Secretary of State.
10 vols. 4to, half morocco, uncut {i. e.. Vols, i to 5 bound
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in half green levant morocco gilt, bevelled sides, gilt top,
and Vols. 6 to 10 in half smooth brown morocco).
Providence, 1856-1865
Large paper. A clean, handsome, but not uniformly bound
copy, as the last six volumes are in the original Roxburghe binding as
issued.
840 Rhode Island. Historical Society's Collections. 6 vols.
8vo, half calf, lettered contents (5) and cloth (i).
Providence, 1827-67
Including — Roger Williams's Key to the Indian Language, with
facsimile ; Gorton's Simplicity's Defence, edited by Staples ; Pot-
ter's Early History of Narragansett; Callender's Civil and Religious
Affairs of Rhode Island ; Staple's Annals of the Town of Providence;
Stone's Invasion of Canada in 1775 and Capt. Simeon Thayer's
Journal.
841 . The Same. Vol. 4, being Callender's Civil and
Religious Affairs of Rhode Island. 8vo, cloth.
Providence, 1838
842 Rhode Island. Celebration of the One-Hundredth Anni-
versary of the Founding of Brown University, September
6th, 1864. Portrait on India paper. 4to, sewed, uncut.
Providence, 1865
Large paper copy, printed on thick laid paper.
843 RiBOT (Th.). English Psychology. Crown 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1873
844 Richardson (S.). Works, with a Sketch of his Life and
Writings, by E. Mangin. Portrait by ^c^iv^n. ig vols,
crown 8vo, calf. London, 1811
This favorite and best edition of Richardson's complete works is
now becoming very scarce.
" His personages have all the reality possible, his incidents are
realized in the manners of all polished nations. What fertility in the
invention of personages ! What variety in the delineation of char-
acter ! " — Diderot.
"The power of Richardson's painting, in his deeper scenes of
tragedy, never has been, and probably never will be, excelled." — Sir
Walter Scott.
Richardson " was a printer and bookseller, a joiner's son, who at
the age of fifty, and in his leisure moments, wrote in his shop parlor;
a laborious man who, by work and good conduct, had raised himself
to a competency and sound information. . . . No one in this age
has equalled him in detail and comprehensive conceptions." —
Taine.
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845 RiCRAFT (Josiah). A Survcy of England's Champions.
With the lively portraitures of the severall commanders.
Portraits. 8vo, calf. London, 1647
Thomas Rodd's reprint 1818, and of which only 50 copies were
printed. The above is copy No. 25 and belonged to the Rev. John
Mitford. It bears the autograph signature of the author-bibliopolist
" Tho. Rodd."
mitsoniana— AN extraordinary collection.
"as bitter as gall and as sharp as a razor,
And feeding on herbs, as a Nebuchadnezzar,
His diet too acid, his temper too sour.
Little Ritson came out with his two volumes more."
— Walter Scott.
846 Ritson (Joseph). Antiquarian and Poetical Works,
COMPLETE. Best Editions, " with all the cancelled
LEAVES AND SUPPRESSED PASSAGES " AND WITH ENGRAV-
INGS BY Stothard, Bewick, etc , comprising the fol-
lowing WORKS : —
I. Ritson. The English Anthology. With vignettes by Stothard.
3 vols, crown 8vo. London, T. &" J. Egerton, 1793-94
II. Ritson. Scottish Songs with the Musick (and an His-
torical Essay). 2 vols, crown 8vo. Very scarce.
London, J. Johnson &' J. Egerton, 1794
III. Ritson. Ancient English Metrical Romances, with a
Dissertation on Romance and Minstrelsy. 3 vols, crown
8vo. London, Bulmer, 1802
With the rare cancelled leaf giving the infidel attacks made by Rit-
son on the Jewish and Christian religions.
IV. Ritson. Bibliographia Poetica; a Catalogue of En-
glish Poets of the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries, with a short account of their
Works. Crown 8vo. London, G. &' W. Nicol, 1802
V. Ritson. Northern Garlands. The Bishopric Garland,
a Choice Collection of Excellent Songs; the Yorkshire
Garland, a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs; the
Northumberland Garland, or Newcastle Nightingale : the
North Country Chorister. 4 vols, in one, crown 8vo.
London, 1810
232
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VI. RiTSON. Gammer Gurton's Garland, or the Nursery
Parnassus. Crown 8vo. Very scarce.
London, R. Triphook, 1810
VII. RiTSON. Annals of the Caledonians, Picts and Scots,
and of Strathclyde, Cumberland, Galloway and Murray.
Introduction and Notes. 2 vols, crown 8vo.
London, Payne &= Foss, 1828
VIII. RiTSON. Ancient Songs and Ballads, from the Reign
of King Henry the Second to the Revolution. 2 vols,
crown 8vo. London, Payne &= Foss, 1820
IX. Ritson. Fairy Tales, to which are prefixed Disserta-
tions on Pigmies and Fairies. Edited by Mr. Frank
from a MS. copy. Crown 8vo. London, W. Pickering, 1831
X. RiTSON. Robin Hood. First Edition. 2 vols, crown
8vo. London, 1795
XI. RiTSON. Ancient Songs, from the time of Henry III.
to the Revolution (with Observations and Dissertations by
Ritson). Etchings by ^TOT-KPi^T). Crown 8vo. London, 1790
The most curious and interesting of all Ritson's works.
XII. Ritson. Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry, from
Authentic MSS. and old printed copies, with Preface and
Notes. With cuts by Bewick. Crown 8vo.
London, Egerton, 1791
XIII. Ritson. A Select Collection of English Songs, with
Preface and Historical Essay on the Origin and Progress
of National Song. 3 vols, crown 8vo. London, 1813
XIV. Ritson. The Caledonian Muse, a Chronological
Selection of Scottish Poetry from the Earliest Times.
Vignettes. Crown 8vo. London, 1785
With new title-page and preface dated 1821 — no portrait. This vol-
ume, the second poetical work edited by Ritson, was nearly ready for
publication in 1785, when a fire in the printer's warehouse destroyed
the introduction, and its completion was abandoned.
XV. Ritson. Poems by Laurence Minot. Crown 8vo.
London, 1795
XVI. Ritson. The Life of King Arthur, from Ancient
Historians and Authentic Documents. With Preface,
Notes and Appendix. Crown 8vo.
London, Payne 6^ Foss, 1825
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XVII. RiTSON. Memoirs of the Celts or Gauls, with an
Appendix, in which will be found a Dictionary of Celtic
Words and a Bibliotheca Celtica. Crown 8vo.
London, Payne b" Foss, 1827
XVIII. RiTSON. The Letters of, Edited chiefly from Originals
in the Possession of his Nephew (Joseph Frank), to
which is prefixed a Memorial of the Author by Sir Harris
Nicolas. 2 vols, crown 8vo. London, W. Pickering, 1833
Contains a collection of Ritson's letters from an early part of his
life, comprising a period of nearly thirty years.
XIX. RiTsoN. Remarks Critical and Illustrative on the
Text and Notes of the last edition of Shakespeare
(Stevens). Inserted portrait. 8vo. London, 1783
XX. RiTSON. Haslewood (J.). Some account of the
Life and Publications of Joseph Ritson. Portrait.
Crown 8vo. London, 1824
XXI. Ritson (Joseph). Abstinence from Animal Food a
Moral Duty. 8vo. London, 1802
XXII. Ritson. The Quip Modest : a few words by way of
Supplement to Reed's Edition of Shakespeare, by
(Joseph Ritson), with the rare cancelled leaf of preface.
8vo. London, 1788
XXIII. Ritson. Observations on the History (Wharton's)
of English Poetry. 4to, half sheep gilt. London, 1782
XXIV. Ritson. Cursory Remarks on the Edition of
Shakespeare published by Edmond Malone. 8vo.
London, 1792
XXV. Ritson. Jurisdiction of the Court Leet. 8vo.
London, 1791
XXVI. Ritson. Letters from Joseph Ritson, Esq., to Mr.
George Paton, to which is added a Critique by John
Pinkerton, Esq., upon Ritson's Scottish Songs. Crown
8vo. Edinburgh, 1829
XXVII. Ritson. Office of Bailiff of a Liberty. 8vo.
London, 18 11
XXVIII. Ritson. Office of Constable. 8vo. London, 1791
XXIX. Ritson. Practical Points or Maxims in Convey-
anqing. 8vo. London, 1804
The above extraordinary, singularly beautiful and
COMPLETE collection OF RiTSONIANA (siZES AS NOTED
above), is SUPERBLY BOUND IN 40 VOLS. IN POLISHED
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TREE MARBLE CALF EXTRA, GILT EDGES AND CONTENTS
LETTERED, BY RiVIBRE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE
QUARTO VOLUME, WHICH IS BOUND IN HALF SPRINKLED
CALF. London, 1788-1833
Very rare. The most complete set in America, elegantly bound.
The last set of Ritson as nearly complete as the above which came
under the hammer was in the ' ' Gems from the Library of a Biblio-
maniac," Part 2, but it only had 37 vols, and three of those were
duplicates, being second as well as first editions. These were sold at
Clinton Hall in 1878. The above has the cancelled leaf to the " Quip
Modest " with an attack on Stevens, the Shakesperean commentator,
and which Mr. Ritson's friends forced him to suppress. There is also
a cancelled leaf to the "English Metrical Romances," shovping that
the author had become imbued vnth the infidelity of Tom Paine and
Voltaire.
" Ritson cannot be named without respect for his industry, and pity
for the unfortunate irritability which placed him throughout his life
in a state of bitter and unremitted warfare — with beefsteaks and Rev-
elation ; Pinkerton and Snorro ; vdth his best friends and half the let-
ters in the alphabet." — Quarterly Review.
" In Theron's form, mark Ritson next contend ;
Fierce, meagre, pale, no commentator's friend."
— " Pursuits of Literature."
" Ritson is the oddest but most honest of all our antiquarians." —
SOUTHEY.
847 RiTTER (Dr. Heinrich). The History of Ancient Philoso-
phy. Translated from the German by Alexander J. W.
Morrison. 4 vols. Svo, cloth, uncut (one cover loose).
Oxford, D. A. Talboys, 1838-46
Scarce. "A good work, well translated." — Allibone.
848 Roberts (David, R.A.). Life of ; compiled from his Jour-
nals and other sources by James Ballantine. Portrait,
■with etchings and facsimiles of pen and ink sketches by the
great artist. Royal 4to, cloth.
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1866
Large paper, and No. 63 of 100 copies printed, with India paper
PROOF impressions of the plates.
List of Illustrations :— Portrait of Roberts after picture by Sir
J. W. Gordon; Etchings of Falkland Palace; Ruins of St. Andrew's
Cathedral; Ruins of the Monastery of Blackfriars, St. Andrew's; Chan-
cel of lona Cathedral, near the great Altar; St. Mary's Church, lona;
Caerlaverock Castle, Durafrieshire; Melrose Abbey, and Leuchars
Church; also 27 facsimiles of pen and ink sketches of pictures from
Roberts's Journal, produced by a new process which makes them most
perfect counterparts of the originals.
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849 Roberts (Mrs. Martyn). The Spiritual Creation, or Soul's
New Birth. A Poem in Seven Books. i6mo, cloth.
London, 1843
Printed by Whittingham and published by Pickering.
850 Roberts (WilliamJ. History of Letter-Writing from the
Earliest Period to the Fifth Century. Thick 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, Wm. Pickering, 1843
Printed by C. W. Whittingham. This author was the editor of the
British Review, but he is best known as the biographer of Hannah
More. His own life was written by his son, the Rev. Arthur Roberts.
851 Robin Hood. Garland and Ballads. A Lytell Geste of
Robin Hood, with other Ancient and Modern Ballads and
Songs, with his History and Character. Edited by J. M.
GuTCH. Portrait and numerous woodcuts by Fairholt.
2 vols, square 8vo, half morocco gilt, top edges gilt.
London, Longmans, 1850
An elegant work. Appended are "Dissertations upon the Morris
Dance and Maid Marian, &c., by Mr. Hone and F. Douce, Esq."
852 Robinson (E.) ««(/ Smith (E.). BibHcal Researches in Pal-
estine and in the Adjacent Regions : a Journal of Travels
in the Year 1838 and of Later Researches in 1852. Maps
and plans. 4 vols. 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1856-60
The separate maps to the above, in cloth, were drawn by Heinrich
Kiepert.
853 Robinson (Henry Crabb). Diary, Reminiscences, and
Correspondence. Selected and edited by T. Sadler, Ph.D.
Second edition, elegantly printed on toned paper. With por-
trait. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut edges. London, 1869
" Irresistible, to be attended to whether you will or no; and worth
the attention, because brimful of anecdote, incident, learning, quaint
talk, profound thought, sublime philosophy, childlike fun, bold specu-
lation, and religious feeling, lovely in its conception and practice."
854 Robinson (W., F.L.S.). Parks, Promenades, and Gardens
of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants
of our own Cities and of Public and Private Gardens. With
upwards of 400 illustrations. Thick 8vo, cloth.
London, 1869
Scarce.
"And trade is art, and art's philosophy in Paris." — Aurora Leigh.
855 RoDD (Thomas). Ancient Spanish Ballads relating to
the Twelve Peers of France, mentioned in Don Quixote,
Spanish and English on opposite pages, the Translations
236
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in Verse by T. Rodd. Vignette titles. 2 vols, in i. 8vo,
half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut. London, 181 2
Thomas Rodd, we are lold by AUibone — "was known for many
years as an eminent London bookseller and was the author of a num-
ber of works." His son Horatio was also a well-known author and a
dealer in books and engravings in London. He was a resident later
on of Philadelphia.
856 Rodd (T. and H.). Rare Portraits to Granger and
Noble's Histories of England. 51 fine and interesting
portraits of famous and notorious personages, from rare
pictures and prints. 2 vols, in i. 4to, half morocco, top
edge gilt, others uncut. London, 1820
Large paper, beautiful impressions of the plates and veky scarce.
A highly curious collection, forming an indispensable companion to
Richardson's series, all the portraits being different, and suitable for
illustrating Noble's Continuation to Granger's History. The por-
traits are accompanied by biographical notices.
857 Rogers (Samuel). The Pleasures of Memory. 8vo, inlaid
to 4to, and illustrated with 10^ portraits, views, etc., many of
them proofs on India paper, with Autograph Letter of
Rogers. 4to, richly bound in morocco extra, full gilt
sides, and broad borders of gold, and colored inlaid
leathers inside, by A. Tarrant. London, n. d.
This magnificent and unique volume was lot 2533 in John Allan's
library. It was considered one of the finest books in his coHection.
858 Rolliad (The), in Two Parts; Probationary Odes for the
Laureatship; and Political Miscellanies: with Criticisms
and Illustrations. Front, and vignette title. 8vo, calf, gilt.
London, 1799
Best edition and a fine library copy. This is the famous
political satire on Wm. Pitt and his adherents, written by ' ' all the
talents" of the Whig party, viz.. General Fitzgerald, Dr. Frank Law-
rence, Tickell, etc. It includes the famous parodies the "Probation-
ary Odes for the Laureatship," etc.
859 RoLLiN (M.). Ancient History of the Egyptians, Cartha-
ginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians,
Grecians and Macedonians. Maps and plates. 8 vols.
i2mo, sheep. N. Y., 1820
" His historical productions have enchanted mankind. His is the
heart which finds an echo in every breast. We feel a secret pleasure
ill listening to his voice — to the voice of virtue. RoUin may be truly
called L'Abeille de la France." — MoNTESQt;iEU.
.THE FARNUM LIBRARY. 237
860 RossETTi (Dante Gabriel). Poems. i6mo, cloth, bevelled
sides, top edge gilt. Boston, 1870
The poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti's brother was the dis-
tinguished art critic William Michael Rossetti. Their sister, Christina
Rossetti, is one of the best poetesses of this century.
861 RoscoE (William). Life and Pontificate of Leo the
Tenth, Fourth Edition, Revised by his Son, Thomas
Roscoe, illustrations, 2 vols.; also — Roscoe's Life of
Lorenzo de Medici, called the Magnificent, Revised by
Thomas Roscoe, portraits and other illustrations. To-
gether 3 vols. 8vo, uniform half morocco, gilt.
London, 1846
Rufus Choate's copy and with his autograph signature.
In Italy they (the above) have been translated, are now cited as
authorities, and have received the most encomiastic notices from sev-
eral eminent scholars. These facts afford conclusive testimony of
their merits." — Prescott.
862 Roscoe (Thomas). Novelists. Spanish, Italian, and
German Novelists Translated from the Originals, with
Critical and Biographical Notices. 4 vignette titles by Fin-
den. II vols, crown 8vo, uniform yellow calf, gilt,
marbled edges, by H. Stamper. London, 1825-32
Large paper.
Exceedingly scarce. Complete set : — Spanish Novelists, 3 vols. ;
Italian Novelists, 4 vols. ; German NoveUsts, 4 vols.
A fine series, and without doubt the best collection of tales from
foreign tongues.
863 Rose (H. J.). A New General Biographical Dictionary.
12 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt, cloth sides. London, 1853
A more ample English Biographical Dictionary is a desideratum, but
Rose's is perhaps the most satisfactory and useful of those yet pub-
lished. " In no other publication of a character purely literary are
instruction and entertainments so blended as in a Biographical
Dictionary.'' This dictionary comprises no fewer than 2,700 names.
864 Rowe (Nicholas). The Works of, a New Edition, to which
is Prefixed a Life of the Author. Portrait and plates. 2
vols. i2mo, bright yellow calf extra, gilt edges.
London, 1792
A very nice copy, with all the plates.
' ' Rowe's ' Jane Shore ' I maintain to be perfectly moral ....
if you vrill compare with Shakespeare, I must say that ' Cleopatra ' is
immoral and ' Jane Shore ' is not." — Sir James Mackintosh.
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865 Rows Roll with Armorial Bearings ; this Roll was laburd
and finished by Master John Rows of Warrewyk ; with
Introduction by W. Courthope. 3 2 plates of arms, armor,
costume, etc., beautifully illuminated in gold and
COLORS BY HAND AND ELEGANTLY PRINTED BY WhITTING-
HAM. Royal 4to, half morocco, top edge gilt.
London, Pickering, 1845 (published 1859)
Only 100 copies of this splendidly printed and highly curious Pictorial
History of the Earls of Warwick were first published in 1859 from the
original MS. Roll of the XVth Century, with historical introduction
and description of the plates by W. Courthope of the Heralds' College.
This magnificent work was projected by William Pickering, who died
before its completion, when Henry G. Bohn carried out the design.
Of the 100 COPIES ONLY A VERY FEW HAVE THE PLATES FINISHED
BY HAND IN THE SUMPTUOUS STYLE OF THIS COPY.
866 RoxBURGHE Library. Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt.
COMPRISING :
I. The Romance of Paris and Vienne, from the Unique
Copy printed by W. Caxton, in 1485. With a Preface,
Glossary and Notes. Facsimile page.
II. The Complete Works or William Browne, of Tavi-
stock, Author of " Britannia's Pastorals," now first collected.
With a Memoir and Notes. Facsimiles. 2 vols.
III. Inedited Tracts (1579-1618) ; Illustrating the Man-
ners, Opinions and Occupations of Englishmen during the
1 6th and 17th Centuries, now first republished from the
Original Copies. With a Preface and Notes.
IV. The English Drama and Stage under the Tudor
and Stuart Princes, A. D. 1543 to A. D. 1664, illustrated
by a Series of Documents and Treatises, chiefly inedited.
With an Introduction and Index.
V. The Poems of George Gascoigne, now first collected.
With Memoir and Notes. Portrait, plates and facsimiles.
Two thick volumes.
VI. The Poems of Thomas Carew, now first collected, and
Edited with a Memoir of the Author, and fine portrait after
Varin.
Together 8 vols, small 4x0, half morocco, top edges
trimmed, others uncut, Roxburghe style.
London, 1868-70
A fine series, all beautifully printed by Whittingham. Edition
limited to 170 copies on Small, and 30 copies on Large Paper.
THE FARNUM LIBRARY. 239
867 RoxBURGHE Ballads. Edited by Charles Hindley. Fac-
simile illustrations. 2 vols, royal 8vo, half morocco, gilt top
edges, others uncut. London, 1873
Nearly all the Ballads contained in this interesting collection are
unique. The originals are in the extraordinary collection which
belonged to the Duke of Roxburghe.
" What hast here ? Ballads ? I love a ballad in print, or a life, for
then we are sure they are true."
868 Rule (William Harris, D.D.). History of the Inquisition
from its Establishment in the Twelfth Century to its Extinc-
tion in the Nineteenth. Portraits and views. 2 vols. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1874
869 Rush (R.). The Court of London, 1819-1825. Second
series. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Bentley, 1845
This work is one of permanent value as including interesting notices
of many of the most eminent men and women of the age with whom
the author came in contact.
This journal of Richard Rush, who was Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of London, from 1817 to 1825,
was, says the Edinburgh Review, — " the evident fruit of a sensible, a
virtuous mind, a mind loving truth, and desirous of being pleased."
870 Russell (William). History of Modern Europe, with Con-
tinuation by William Jones. Vignette titles. 3 vols. 8vo,
sheep. N. Y., 1841
"His [Russell's] narrative is always free from languor ; and his
reflections are conveyed in a lively and elegant style." — Encyclopcedia
Britannica.
871 Rye (W. B.). England as seen by Foreigners in the days
of Elizabeth and James I., comprising Translations of
the Journals of the two Dukes of Wirtemberg in 1592
and 1610; both illustrative of Shakespeare, with Extracts
from the Travels of Foreign Princes and others, copious
Notes and an Introduction. With etchings. Thick 4to,
half morocco, uncut. London, John Russell Smith, 1865
Large paper, with MS. note. " Twenty-five copies printed,
No. II. J. R. S."
" A book replete both with information and amusement." — Notes
and Queries.
872 Ryan (Richard). Dramatic Table Talk. Vignette titles and
frontispieces. 3 vols. i6mo, half calf. London, 1825-30
Being — "scenes, situations and adventures — serious and comic — in
theatrical history and biography,"
240
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JoJjn Musfetn's ^rt assorfts.
"To Mr. Ruskin art has a deep moral and religious significance,
BOTH IN ITS USES AND IN ITS CONNECTION WITH THE CHARACTER AND
CONDITION OF THE ARTIST. EvERY TOUCH IS, FOR HIM, THE THOUGHT OF
A HUMAN INTELLECT AND THE VOICE OF A HUMAN HEART. He SEEMS TO KISS
the very footsteps of that art of which he is the great expositor."
— London Times.
873 Ruskin (John). Modern Painters, i. e. : —
I. Containing Parts I. and II. — " Of General Principles, and
of Truth." Sixth Edition. London, 1857
II. Containing Part III. — " Of the Imaginative and Reflec-
tive Faculties." Fourth Edition. London, 1856
III. Containing Part IV. — "Of yidarj 'Y\i\ng^" with eighteen
illustrations, drawn by the Author, and engraved on steel.
London, 1856
IV. Containing Part V. — "Of Mountain Beauty."
London, 1856
V. Containing Part VI.—" Of Leaf Beauty." Part VII.—
"Of Cloud Beauty." Part VIII.— "Of Ideas of Rela-
tion:" I. "Of Invention Formal." Part IX.— "Of Ideas
of Relation :" 2. " Of Invention Spiritual." With an In-
dex to the whole five vols. London, i860
Together 5 vols. Illustrated with numerous
CHARMING steel AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS AFTER THE
author's designs. Imperial 8vo, original cloth
BINDING, UNCUT. London, Smith, Elder Ss' Co., 1856-60
Very scarce. A choice early copy, far superior to those subse-
quently placed on the market, the plates of which are very much worn.
The third, fourth and fifth volumes are the original editions published
by Smith, Elder & Co., of London, and not the later English edi-
tions or pirated and mediocre-printed American republications. A
noticeable feature in the set is that Vol. V. of the " Modern
Painters " — the one most eagerly sought for by collectors on account
of the charming and very delicately engraved plates that it contains —
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is In this case the original issue, having the plates in their earliest and
most satisfactory state.
The earlier editions of Vol. I. do not contain any plates, and the
later edition of 1857 is therefore preferable, as the author made im-
portant additions. In the preface he states: "Something I have
added .... to supply gross omissions, answer inevitable objections,
and give some substance to passages of mere declamation."
874 RusKiN. The Stones of Venice. I. The Foundations (1851).
II. The Sea-Stories (1853). III. The Fall (1853). By
John Ruskin. With illustrations drawn by the author. 3
vols, imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Smith, Elder &= Co., 1851-53
First editions, with beautiful impressions of the 53 plates,
some of which are colored, and of the numerous woodcuts by the
author. The first editions of the " Stones of Venice" are even more
scarce than the ' ' Modern Painters. "
' ' Mr. Ruskin is of opinion that the first (edition of the ' Stones of
Venice ') will always command a high price. The plates, he tells us,
were not only etched, but bitten by himself, the last of them in a
wash-hand basin in his room at the Hotel La Cloche, in Dijon. This
last precious item about the wash-hand basin excepted, most of what
he says about the plates was known before. As for the text, he has
left it, all spangled and overshot with exuberant riches as it is, in its
primitive state, save that he has cut out both from text and notes the
foolishly false Protestantism heretofore to be found there. He has
also printed the essential principles, summaries of doctrine, and
aphorisms scattered through the book, in full-faced type — much to the
detriment of the pages where this emphatic appeal to the reader's
eye occurs. The impecunious admirer of Ruskin will no more be able
to buy this new edition than the others."
' ' No one who has visited Venice can read this book without having
a richer glow thrown over his remembrances of that city ; and for
those who have not, Mr. Ruskin paints it with a firmness of outline
and vividness of coloring that will bring it before the imagination with
the force of reality. His descriptions are the perfection of word-
painting, and there is this additional charm in them, that the intellect
and heart are sure to be gratified by profound thoughts and noble
sentiments." — Literary Gazette.
87s Ruskin. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. By John
Ruskin. With [14] illustrations drawn by the author. Im-
perial 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Smith, Elder &= Co., 1855
Very scarce. Second edition. This is one of the scarcest of
Ruskin's works. A number of newspaper cuttings relative to the
author go with this volume.
242 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
876 RusKiN. Notes by Mr. Ruskin on his Collection of Draw-
ings. By the late J. M. W. Turner, R.A. Exhibited at
the Fine Arts Society's Galleries ; also — a List of the En-
graved Works of that Master shown at the same time.
Illustrated with thirty-five plates and a map indicative of the
places in the British Isles illustrated by him. 4to, half mor-
occo, cloth sides, uncut.
London, Printed at the Chiswick Press for
the Fine Art Society, 1878
Illustrated large paper edition. Only a limited number
printed . Each copy bears the stamp of the Fine Art Society, as a
guarantee of its having been carefully examined before being issued to
the public. The plates were destroyed on the completion of the work.
List of Plates: — i, Thun; 2, Isola Bella; 3, Turin; 4, Florence; 5,
Nami; 6, Terni; 7, Rome; 8, Nemi (La Riccia); 9, Vesuvius (Angry)';
10, Heysham ; II, Eggleston ; 12, Richmond ; 13, Dudley; 14, Rich-
mond Bridge ; 15, Winchelsea ; 16, Louth ; 17, Devonport ; 18, Gos-
port ; 19, Salisbury ; 20, Langhame ; 21, Carnarvon ; 22, Flint ; 23,
Okehampton; 24, Leicester; 25, Bolton ; 26, Staffa ; 27, Lochmaben ;
28, Rouen; 29, Fountains; 30, Plains of Troy; 31, Corinth; 32, Jeru-
salem; 33, Rouen; 34, Bonneville; 35, Zug.
■'A limited edition, illustrated, for subscribers only, has been pre-
pared of Notes on The Turner Drawings, by John Ruskin. It forms
a beautifully printed quarto volume, embellished with nearly forty im-
pressions from the finest engravings from Turner's works, besides much
valuable supplementary matter, as a list of all the plates executed from
his paintings, a map of the various localities in England and Scotland
illustrated by his pencil, etc. , forming a complete manual for amateurs
or collectors of his designs. The volume has charm enough to make it
eagerly sought for, and it is no longer obtainable in London ; all the
copies being subscribed for, a few were secured for the American mar-
ket that are certain to command an equally ready sale. American
buyers are already in search of the Liber Studiorum, the famous series
of mezzotinto engravings published by Turner, and the price of fine
impressions is constantly advancing. There were recently two superior
copies for sale in London, valued at ;£'5oo each ; but, to secure a copy
with all the various proofs taken of the plates, etchings, etc. , four or
five times that sum would be hardly sufficient, even should the oppor-
tunity occur. " — The Book Buyer.
877 Ruskin. Works — Revised Series, z. ^.: —
I. Sesame and Lilies. Three Lectures, with New Preface.
I, Of Kings' Treasuries; 2, Of Queens' Gardens; 3, Of
the Mystery of Life. ($13.50.)
II. Munera Pulveris. Six Essays on the Elements of
Political Economy. (I13.50.)
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III. Aratra Pentelici. Six Lectures on the Elements of
Sculpture. Illustrated. Given before the University of
Oxford, in Michaelmas Term, 1870. ($2 2.50.)
IV. The Eagle's Nest. Ten Lectures on the Relation of
Natural Science to Art. Given before the University of
Oxford in Lent Term, 1872. ($13.50.)
V. Time and Tide. By Weare and Tyne. Twenty-five
Letters to a Workingman of Sunderland on the Laws of
Work. ($13.50.)
VI. The Crown of Wild Olive. Four Essays on Work,
Traffic, War and the Future of England. With added
Article on the Economies of the Kings of Prussia. ($13.50.)
VII. Ariadne Florentina. Six Lectures on Wood and
Metal Engraving and Appendix. Illustrated. Given
before the University of Oxford. ($22.50.)
VIII. Val d'Arno. Ten Lectures on Art of the 13th Cen-
tury in Pisa and Florence. With twelve plates. ($22.50.)
IX. Queen of the Air. Being a Study of the Greek Myths
of Cloud and Storm. ($13.50.)
X. The Two Paths. Being Lectures on Art and its Appli-
cation to Decoration and Manufacture. ($13.50.)
XI. A Joy for Ever.
Together ii vols. 8vo, full antique calf, gilt edges by
Mansell, being the Binding selected by the Author.
Published by George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent,
for the Author, etc., 1871-80
The prices given with the above were those of Scribner to import
when they were originally issued.
" Being now fifty-one years old, and little likely to change my mind
hereafter on any important subject of thought (unless through weak-
ness of age), I wish to publish a connected series of such parts of my
works as now seem to me right, and likely to be of permanent use.
In doing so I shall omit much, but not attempt to mend what I think
worth reprinting. A young man necessarily writes otherwise than an
old one, and it would be worse than wasted time to try to recast the
juvenile language; nor is it to be thought that I am ashamed even of
what I cancel; for great part of my earlier work was rapidly written
for temporary purposes, and is now unnecessary, though true, even to
truism. What I wrote about religion was, on the contrary, painstak-
ing and, I think, forcible, as compared with most religious writing;
especially in its frankness and fearlessness; but it was wholly mistaken;
244 ^^-^ FARNVM LIBRARY.
for I had been educated in the doctrines of a narrow sect, and had
read history as obliquely as sectarians necessarily must.
' ' Mingled among these either unnecessary or erroneous statements, I
find, indeed, some that might be still of value; but these in my earlier
books, disfigured by affected language, partly through the desire to be
thought a fine writer, and partly, as in the second volume of ' Modern
Painters,' in the notion of returning as far as I could to what I
thought the better style of old English literature, especially to that of
my then favourite, in prose, Richard Hooker.
" For these reasons, though, as respects either art, policy, or moral-
ity as distinct from religion, I not only still hold, but would even
wish strongly to re-affirm the substance of what I said in my earliest
books. I shall reprint scarcely anything in this series out of the first
and second volumes of 'Modern Painters;' and shall omit much of
the ' Seven Lamps ' and 'Stones of Venice;' but all my books writ-
ten within the last fifteen years will be republished without change,
as new editions of them are called for, with here and there perhaps an
additional note, and having their text divided, for convenient refer-
ence, into paragraphs, consecutive through each volume. I shall also
throw together the shorter fragments that bear on each other, and fill
in with such imprinted lectures or studies as seem to me worth pre-
serving, so as to keep the volumes, on an average, composed of about
a hundred leaves each.
" The Volumes will each contain, on the average, two hundred pages
of text : and those which are illustrated, never more than twenty-one
plates, rarely so many. They will all be clearly printed and well bound.
"I find the trouble and difficulty of revising text and preparing
plates much greater than I expected.
" Some will be worth a little less than others; but I want to keep my
business simple, and I do not care that anybody should read my books
who grudges me a doctor's fee per volume.
"Also I find, in the present state of trade, that when the retail
price is printed on books, all sorts of commissions and abatements
take place, to the discredit of the author, and, I am convinced, in the
end, to every one else's disadvantage.
" I mean, therefore, to sell my own books at a price from which
there shall be no abatement." — From the author's preface to Vol. i.
878 RusKiN. FoRS Clavigera. Letters to the Laborers and
Workers of Great Britain. First Series, Nos. 1 to 84 in-
clusive ; Second Series, Nos. i to 3 inclusive ; also Indexes
for 1871-74. Together 9 vols, uniformly bound in half
morocco, uncut.
Printed for the author by Smith, Elder 6" Co., and sold
only by Mr. G. Allen, Heathfield Cottage, Keston, Kent,
[1871-78J.
A complete set, including the Indices and up to the issue of No. 3.
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of the Second Series, since when none have been published, and when
it was announced by the publisher — "Professor Ruskin, who is at
present seriously ill — from prostration, caused by overwork — will not,
until further notice, be able to issue ' Fors,' his medical advisers hav-
ing ordered absolute rest for some time. Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent,
February 26th [1878]."
A complete set, bound as above, was priced by Scribners at $52.50
in half morocco, with the Second Series |i.8o, unbound.
' ' Whatever may be said of the extravagance of some of Mr. Ruskin's
views, or of his manner of stating them, it is undeniable that he tries
hard to do good. We may expect to get from him some fresh lectures
tinged with exaggeration, no doubt, but certain to contain noble and
elevating thoughts and suggestions. Such a man as Mr. Ruskin is a
true benefactor of his species, and well deserves all the honor he is
likely to receive."
879 Ruskin. Elements of Drawing ; in three Letters to Be-
ginners. With illustrations drawn by the author. Crown 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1857
Original Edition. Very rare. There are some verbal alterations
in the text of the Second Edition, published the same year.
Priced $14 in a recent catalogue.
880 Ruskin. Political Economy of Art ; being the sub-
stance (with additions) of two Lectures, delivered at Man-
chester, July loth and 13th, 1857. Post 8vo, cloth.
London, 1857
881 Ruskin. Queen of the Air ; being a study of the Greek
Myths of Cloud and Storm. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1869
882 Ruskin. Mornings In Florence. 6 vols, post 8vo, limp
roan, gilt edges. Sunnyside, 1875-77
Comprises— I, Santa Croce; 2, The Golden Gate; 3, Before the
Soldan; 4, The Vaulted Book; 5, The Strait Gate; and 6, The
Shepherd's Tower.
883 Ruskin. Notes on Some of the Principal Pictures Exhibited
in the Rooms of the Royal Academy, Nos. i, 2, 3, 4 and 5
(i. e., 1855-59). Together 5 pamphlets. 8vo, sewed.
London, 1855
Nos. 2 and 3 include Society of Water Colors; and 4 and 5, the
Society of British Artists and French Exhibition as well.
884 Ruskin. Catalogue of the Sketches and Drawings of J. M.
W. Turner, exhibited 1857-58, with Illustrative Notes.
8vo, sewed, uncut. , London, 1858
Very scarce, suppressed and destroyed as far as the author found it
possible.
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885 RusKiN. Notes on the Turner Collection, 1856-57. Fifth
Edition Revised. 8vo, sewed, uncut. London, 1857
886 RusKiN. Catalogue of Drawings and Sketches by J. M. W.
Turner at present exhibited in the National Gallery.
Special Edition. 8vo, sewed. Sunnyside, G. Allen, 1882
" The most unique Art Exhibition of the last London season was
composed of Mr. Ruskin's collection of the drawings of J. M. W.
Turner, supplemented by a selection of ' his own hand)rwork' illustrative
of his great master's principles. Like everything from his pen, the
Catalogue or ' Notes' on these drawings formed a work of very great
interest. Apart from its profound criticisms, it contained much auto-
biographical matter relating to Mr. Ruskin's own drawings and studies
in art, and many valuable reminiscences of the painter whose merits it
has been the business of his life to develop and proclaim. ''
887 RusKiN. Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds. Second
edition. 8vo, sewed. London, 185 1
888 RusKiN. Relations between Michael Angelo and Tinto-
ret. 8vo, sewed. Sunnyside, G. Allen, 1879
889 RusKiN. Ethics of the Dust — Ten Lectures to Little House-
wives and the Elements of Crystallization. Crown 8vo,
boards, uncut. Sunnyside, G. Allen, 1877
890 RusKiN. Pre-Raphaelitism, by the author of " Modern
Painters." 8vo, sewed, uncut. London, 185 1
Presentation copy with author's autograph — ' ' Paul J. Frazer from
J. J. Ruskin." This shows that the eminent author did not always
sign his name with one " J. " But he was always a good orthographer,
and needed no alleged editing in that particular.
891 RusKiN. Notes by Mr. Ruskin on Samuel Prout and
William Hunt illustrated in a Loan Collection of Draw-
ings. 8vo, sewed. [London], 1879-80
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ABINE (Lorenzo). Biographical Sketches of
Loyalists of the American Revolution, with An
Historical Essay. 2 vols. 8vo, boards, uncut.
Boston, 1864
Best edition.
' ' Treats with admirable candor a theme as likely to enlist passion
and prejudice as any that could employ the pen of an American writer. "
— Ellis.
893 Sackville (Thomas, Lord Buckhurst). Works, Edited by
R. W. Sackville West. Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1859
" The brilliancy of his imagination." — Walpole.
894 Salem Witchcraft : Comprising More Wonders of the
Invisible World, Collected by Robert Calef ; and Won-
ders of the Invisible World, by Cotton Mather. To-
gether with Notes and Explanations by Samuel P.
Fowler. Portrait on India paper. 4to, cloth, uncut.
Boston, Wm. Veazie, MDCCCLXV.
Large paper. 100 copies only printed. For a severe critique on
this reproduction, see Deane's "Spurious Reprints, &c." No. 539.
89s Sampson. The Female Review — Life of Deborah Sampson,
the Female Soldier in the War of the Revolution, with an
Introduction and Notes by John Adams Vinton. Por-
trait. 4to, half morocco, uncut.
Boston, J. K. Wiggin and Wm. Parsons Lunt, 1866
The above is " No. 93, W. & L." (signed) of edition of 250 copies
small quarto and 35 copies royal quarto.
This remarkable woman was twice severely wounded in action, was
pensioned by Congress, and received a compensation from the State of
Massachusetts, in consideration of her military services.
896 Sanderson (John). Biography of the Signers to the Decla-
ration of Independence. Portraits and engraved titles. 9
vols. 8vo, boards, uncut (two covers loose). Phila., 1820-27
Fowle's copy sold for $81.
" He (Sanderson) was not less brilliant in his conversation than in
his writings ; but he never summoned a shadow to any face, or permitted
a weight to lie on any heart." — R. W. Griswold.
248 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
897 Sargent (Mrs. John T.). Sketches and Reminiscences of
the Radical Club of Chestnut Street, Boston. Front.
i2mo, cloth. Boston, 1880
898 Savage (James). The Librarian, being an Account of
Scarce, Valuable, and Useful Books, Manuscripts, Public
Records, etc. 3 vols, 8vo, calf, gilt. London, 1808-9
A fine copy, Complete, including the fragment of Vol 4, and being
all published. ' ' Should be in every bibliographical collection. " — Alli-
BONE.
899 Savage (W.). Practical Hints on Decorative Printing. With
50 tinted and colored plates, exhibiting all the varieties of
decorative and colored printing. Folio, half red morocco
gilt, top edge gilt. London, 1822
Largest paper, published at;^ii lu. and but a very limited number
printed. Very scarce in this fine state. The above copy has the illus-
trations on India paper, including the handsome colored frontispiece of
the arms of Earl Spencer.
There is nothing necessary to be known in the noble art of typography
that is not contained in this book. Interesting articles on electrotyping,
printing machines, and other subjects equally important, render this
one of the most useful books on these subjects that has issued from
the press.
900 Scarron (Monsr.). Whole Comical Works of. Containing
his Comical Romance of a Company of Stage Players ;
all his Novels and Histories; his Select Letters, Charac-
ters, etc. Translated by Tom Brown, Savage and others.
Facetious frontispiece. 8vo, sprinkled calf, gilt, citron
edges by Cecil and Larkins. London, 1712
Best edition and very scarce. " Scarron is among the French
writers what Butler is amongst our own; as a burlesquer he has great
merit. " — D'Israeli.
' ' Scarron, a man deformed and diseased, but endowed with vast
gaiety, has the credit of having struck out into a new path by his
Roman Comique." — Hallam.
901 ScHLiEMANN (Dr. Henry). Mycenae: a Narrative of Re-
searches and Discoveries at Mycenae and Tyrius— the
Preface by W. E. Gladstone. With maps, plans and
other illustrations, some colored, representing more than 700
types of the objects found in the excavations. 4to, cloth gilt,
bevelled sides, gilt top. N. Y., 1878
902 ScHLiEMANN. Ilios. The City and Country of the Trojans,
including an Autobiography of the Author, with a Preface,
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Appendices and Notes by Virchow, Max Muller, Sayce,
etc. Illustrated with maps, plans and about 1,800 illus-
trations, some tinted. 4to, cloth gilt. N. Y., 1881
903 ScHLiEMANN. Troy and its Remains. ^2 plates and many
hundred woodcuts. Royal Svo, cloth, uncut, gilt top edge.
London, 1875
. Edited by Philip Smith, B.A.
904 ScHLOssER (F. C). History of the Eighteenth Cen-
tury, and of the Nineteenth till the Overthrow of the
French Empire, with particular reference to Mental Culti-
vation and Progress. Translated, with a Preface and
Notes, by Davison. 8 vols. Svo, cloth. London, 1843-52
The above edition, which is scarce and out of print, was pubhshed
at £^ i6j-. It is one of those works which combine profound research
with a lively and interesting mode of narrating.
904* ScoTT (Wm. B.). Half-Hour Lectures on the History and
Practice of the Fine and Ornamental Arts. With 50 illus-
trations by Linton. i6mo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1875
Third edition, revised by the author.
905 ScHNiTZLER (J. H.). Secret History of Russia: the Courts
and Government of Russia under the Emperors Alexander
and Nicholas. 2 vols. Svo, cloth, uncut.
London, Bentley, 1847
A delicious "blue blood" feast. This work should have been
named — "Why does Nihilism exist in Russia? " Published at £1. 8j.
906 Schoolcraft (H. R.). Historical and Statistical Informa-
tion respecting the History, Antiquities, Language, Eth-
nology, Pictography, Rites, Superstitions and Mythology
of the Indian Tribes of the United States. 6 parts.
Complete in 6 thick vols., imperial 4to. With about 500
plates, most of them colored, of views, portraits, ancient pot-
tery, cooking utensils, picture writing, written music,
alphabets, etc., of the Indians. Cloth. Phila., 1852-57
Original edition — large paper, and 3 of the volumes uncut. The
most important work ever written on the subject of the aborigines of
America. It embodies almost all the existing authentic information
concerning their religions, traditions, languages, art, ethnology and
history.
It has performed a very important service for Indian history, in col-
lecting and preserving an immense amount of historic data. Vocabu-
laries of Indian languages, grammatical analysis, legends of various
tribes, biographies of chiefs and warriors, narratives of captivities, his-
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tones of Indian wars, emigrations and theories of their origin, are all re-
lated and blended in an extraordinary and perplexing manner. A very
large number of beautiful steel engravings, representative of some phase
of Indian life and customs, are contained in the work, but the most valu-
able of its illustrations are the drawings of weapons, domestic uten-
sils, instruments, on gunning and amusement, sorcery and medicine,
objects of worship, their sculptures, paintings and fortifications, picto-
graph writing, dwellings, and every form of antiquities which have
been discovered. The six volumes contain 336 plates, representing
thousands of the scenes and objects named.
907 Scott (Lieut-Gen. Winfield). Memoirs of, by Himself.
Portrait. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1864
Large paper copy. Only 100 printed.
' ' One, the great events of whose life are parts of the history of
his country, should have been willing to trust his memory to his coun-
try's keeping." — North American Review.
908 Scott (Sir Walter). The Waverley Novels, the Splen-
did Abbotsford Edition. With the finest impressions of
the 2,000 woodcuts and early impressions of the 120 steel plates.
24 vols, imperial 8vo, half green morocco, top edge gilt,
others uncut. London, 1842
A splendid copy of the original subscription edition, and bound from
the numbers, one novel to a volume .
This edition, the largest and handsomest in existence, now has
become scarce. The illustrations comprise portraits and views from the
designs of Stanfield, Nasmyth, Sir D. Wilkie, Turner, Martin, Allom,
Leitch, etc. , with many facsimiles of autographs.
' ' Single pages of these works are worth whole volumes of common
inventions." — Mrs. Brunton.
909 Scott. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border : consisting of
Historical and Romantic Ballads, collected in the Southern
Counties of Scotland. 3 vols. 8vo, half morocco, gilt,
cloth sides, gilt edges (somewhat foxed). Edinburgh, 1821
" Scott is a poet truly national and heroic." — Allan Cunningham.
910 Scott. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.,
by J. G. LocKHART. Portrait and facsimile. 7 vols. 8vo,
half calf gilt. Edinburgh, Cadell, 1837-38
"What a good gentleman ! What a friendly soul, what a generous
hand, what an amiable life, was that of the noble Sir Walter !" —
Thackeray.
911 ScoTisH Pasquils. a Book of Scotish Pasquils, 1568-1715.
Vignette cuts. 3v0ls.ini. 8vo, full morocco extra, gilt edges,
by Andrew Grieve. Edinburgh, Win. Pater son, 1868
Large paper. A limited edition of 60 copies printed, now out of
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251
print and scarce. The above are the entire series complete, including
the " Packet of Pasquils " privately printed. Vide " Introductory
Observations . "
The above collection of ' ' Scottish Pasquils and Lampoons " serve to
explain many personal allusions and minor historical events referred to
by historical writers, and illustrate in a marked degree the habits and
morals of the people of Scotland during the reigns of Charles I. and his
descendants.
"This BEAUTIFUL BOOK IS a Corrected reprint of the three volumes
edited by Maidment and published in 1827-28 with large additions.
Several Pasquils omitted from the reprint for indehcacy were subse-
quently privately printed in the same elegant style as the above. Only
' a very few copies ' of this last was struck off under the title ! A Packet
of Pestilent Pasquils.' This copy contains this rare tract bound in at
the end, and therefore presents this noted collection in the very best
attainable shape and is exceedingly rare." — Note by Mr. Farnum.
9 12 Se AFIELD (Frank). Literature and Curiosities of Dreams.
2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1865
Being — " a commonplace book of speculations concerning the mys-
tery of dreams and visions, records of curious and well-authenticated
dreams and notes on the various modes of interpretation adopted in
ancient and modem times. "
913 Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention assem-
bled at Philadelphia in the year 1787, for the purpose of
forming the Constitution of the United States, izmo,
cloth. Richmond, 1839
Including — ' ' the genuine information " laid before the Legislature
of Maryland by Luther Martin.
914 Selden (John). Table-Talk, with Biographical Preface
and Notes, by S. W. Singer. Portrait. Crown Svo,
cloth, uncut. London, Russell Smith, i860
Large paper copy. Only 100 printed.
" Coleridge thus emphatically expresses himself: ' There is more
weighty bullion sense in this book than I ever found in the same
number of pages in any uninspired writer. ' .... Its merits
had not escaped the notice of Dr. Johnson, though in politics opposed
to much it inculcates, for in reply to an observation of Boswell in
praise of the French Ana, he said, ' A few of them are good, but we
have one book of that kind better than any of them — Selden's Table-
Talk.'"— Singer.
915 Shadwell (Thos.). Dramatic Works. Portrait. 4 vols.
foolscap, Svo, yellow calf extra, gilt edges. London, 1720
Very scarce. " Shadwell was an accomplished observer of human
nature; . . , a man of sense and information, and in the midst of
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much indecency, coarseness, and whimsical folly, we find numerous
valuable remarks, and many dialogues of pointed, able discussion." —
Retrospective Review.
916 Shaftesbury (Earl of). Characteristics of Men, Man-
ners, Opinions, Times. Portrait and vignettes by Gribelin.
Baskerville's Edition, 3 vols, royal 8vo, old calf, gilt.
Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1773
Large paper. ' ' It has often been remarked that the Character-
istics are unjustly neglected in our days. For Lord Shaftesbury, with
all his pedantry, was a man of great talents." — De Quincy.
917 Shairp (John Campbell, LL.B). Aspects of Poetry, being
Lectures dehvered at Oxford. 8vo, cloth. Oxford, 1881
Uncut, and printed on heavy paper at the Clarendon Press.
918 Sharp (Thomas). Dissertation on the Pageants or Dramatic
Mysteries Anciently Performed at Coventry by the Trading
Companies of that City; chiefly with Reference to the
Vehicle, Characters, and Dresses of the Actors, compiled
in a great degree from sources hitherto unexplored. To
which are added the Pageant of the Spearman and Taylor's
Company and other Municipal Entertainments of a Public
Nature. Wiik numerous plates, anti several engraved leaves
of music. 4to, cloth, uncut. Coventry, 1825
Very scarce, and only 260 copies printed. The " Coventry
Antiquary, " Thomas Sharp was for many years a hatter in Coventry,
England, but about 1831 removed to Leamington, where he continued
his literary pursuits until his death. A manuscript volume of
"Ancient Mysteries" by this author was sold at the Strawberry Hill
Sale for ;£'250 10s.
919 Shaw (Henry). Dresses and Decorations of the Mid-
dle Ages, from the Seventh to the Seventeenth
Centuries; consisting of 94 beautifully colored full-
page ENGRAVINGS, a profusion of initial letters, and
examples of curious ornaments, with an historical Introduc-
tion, and descriptive Text to every Illustration by Thomas
Wright. 2 vols, folio, half morocco, uncut, Roxburghe
style. London, W. Pickering, 1843
Large paper, with the plates \'S,Vi highly finished in colors by
HAND and nearly all the initial letters, woodcuts and full-page illus-
trations illuminated WITH GOLD.
One of the twelve extra finished and magnificent copies produced
out of the original large paper issue of fifty copies.
" No more than 25 copies have been executed in this expensive
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manner and but a few of these remain unsubscribed for." — H. G.
BoHN, in 1847.
This splendid book of Medii-eval costume, one of the best worlcs on
the inner life and costumes of our rude but splendor-loving ancestors,
includes ecclesiastical costume, portraits of historical celebrities, alle-
gorical representations, masques, tournaments, games, religious
ceremonies, art, workmanship, weapons, jewels, etc.
920 Shaw. Specimens of the Details of Elizabethan Architec-
ture. With 60 plates on India Paper. Imperial 4to,
half morocco gilt, edges gilt.
London, W. Pickering, 1839
Large paper with India proofs and several colored. This was
Thomas Willement's copy, with his autograph, armorial book-plate and
monogram in gold on the side.
" The great accuracy of Mr. Shaw's pencil stamps the highest value
upon this work." — Gentleman's Magazine.
921 Shaw. Illuminated Ornaments, Selected from Manuscripts
and Early Printed Books of the Middle Ages. Carefully
Colored from the Originals, with Descriptions by Sir
Frederick Madden, K. H. Imperial 4to, half morocco
gilt, uncut, Roxburghe style. London, Wm. Pickering, litu
Large paper. 50 copies printed. The plates highly finished with
opaque colors, and heightened with gold. " The design of this work
is unique, and its execution beautiful. The elaborate richness of
decoration, and splendor of the combinations of color and blazonry,
which render illuminated missals so curious and valuable, afford many
useful hints for embellishment, both in color and design." — Spectator.
This very beautiful volume (in which the art of engraving is carried
to its highest conceivable excellence) is enriched by facsimiles of the
Illuminations and Initial Letters found in many choice Books of
Hours, Bibles and Psalters, chiefly in the British Museum, dating
from the IXth to the XVIth Centuries.
922 Shaw. Encyclopedia of Ornament. 59 fine plates,
beautifully colored, comprising several hundred exam-
ples of stained glass, wood carving, tapestry and needle-
work, designs for gold and silversmith' s work, etc. Folio,
half morocco, Roxburghe style.
London, W. Pickering, 1842
Large paper, of which 50 copies were printed. A very fine copy,
with all the plates, initial letters, etc., beautifully colored.
923 Shaw. Decorative Arts of the Middle Ages, Ecclesi-
astical and Civil, exhibiting beautiful specimens of Ancient
Enamel, Metal Work, Wood Carvings, Paintings on Stained
254 ^^^ FARNUM LIBRARY.
Glass, etc., etc. With i^i fine plates, cox.O'bced. Folio, half
mor., uncut, Roxburghe style. Lend., Wm. Pickering, 185 1
Large paper, with the plates richly colored and heightened
WITH gold, and numerous woodcuts.
Only 50 copies were printed in large paper and only a few of those
were finished in gold and colors by hand, together with the initial
letters and woodcuts in the same sumptuous manner.
It is difficult to overstate the beauty of these illuminated works of
Mr. Shaw. They are, of course, in such magnificent condition
excessively rare.
" Of all Mr. Shaw's beautiful and interesting works this must be
allowed the crowning effort."
924 Sheridan (Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley). Works, edited by
T. Moore, 2 vols. London, 1821; also — Life of Sheri-
dan, by T. Moore, fine portrait after Reynolds, 2 vols.
London, 1827. Together 4 vols. 8vo, uniform yellow pol-
ished calf extra, citron edges, by Riviere.
London, 1821-27
A remarkabably fine copy and uniformly bound by Riviere of
Moore's edition of Sheridan and Life.
" Mr. Sheridan has been justly called ' a dramatic star of the first
magnitude ' ; and, indeed, among the comic writers of the last century
he ' shines like Hesperus among the lesser lights. ' " — Hazlitt.
925 Sheridan. The Speeches of the Right Honorable Rich-
ard Brinsley Sheridan. With a Sketch of his Life.
Portraits. 3 vols, 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1842
" They [Sheridan's speeches] were marked by glowing eloquence
and not unfrequently by brilliant wit." — Lord John Russell.
926 Sheridaniana ; or, Anecdotes of the Life of R. B. Sheri-
dan ; His Table-Talk and Bon-Mots. Portrait. i2mo,
half calf gilt, marbled edges. London, 1826
927 Shirley (Jas.). Dramatic Works, edited by William
GiFFORD, with additional Notes and an account of his
Writings, by the Rev. Alex. Dyce. Portrait. 6 vols,
imperial 8vo, calf gilt, marbled edges. London, 1833
Large paper. Very scarce. Best edition.
" Shirley was the last of our good old dramatists." — Campbell.
928 Sidney (Sir Phillip). Works, complete, in Verse and
Prose, with Life. Inserted portrait. 3 vols. 8vo, sprinkled
calf extra, leather joints and gilt edges on red.
London, 1725
Superb copy of this very scarce, best edition and which includes the
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" Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia " of which Gabriel Harvey wrote : —
" Live ever, sweet book ! the silver image of his gentle wit, and ever
notify unto the world that he who wrote thee was the Secretary of
Eloquence, the breath of the muses, and the honey bee of the daint-
iest flowers of wit and art."
929 Sidney. Miscellaneous Works. With Life and Illustra-
ted Notes by William Gray. Beautifully printed on thick
paper at the Riverside Press, with rubricated title, etc. 8vo,
cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. Boston, i860
Large paper. " This is that Sidney, who as Providence seems to
have sent him into the world to give the present age a specimen of the
ancients, so did it, on a sudden, recall him, and snatch him from us,
as more worthy of heaven than earth." — Camden.
930 Sidney (Samuel). The Three Colonies of Australia — New
South Wales, Victoria, South Australia — Their Pastures,
Copper Mines and Gold Fields. With numerous wood
engravings. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1852
' ' The best and most complete picture of Australia, past and present,
that we know." — London Athenceum.
931 Silvestre (M. J. B.). Universal Paleography, or a Col-
lection of Facsimiles of the Writings of every Age, taken
from the most authentic Manuscripts existing in the Libra-
ries of France, Italy, Germany, and England, by M. Sil-
vestre, accompanied by an Historical and Descriptive
Text and Introduction by Champollion Figeac and
Amie Champollion, Fils. Translated from the French
and edited with Corrections and Notes by Sir Fred-
eric Madden, K.H., F.R.S., M.R.I.A. Containing
upwards of 300 large and most beautifully executed facsim-
iles, taken from missals and other MSS. most richly illu-
minated in the finest style )pf art. 2 vols, atlas folio, the
text in 2 vols, royal 8vo. Together 4 vols, elegant half
morocco extra, gilt edges (binding a little damaged).
London, 1850, etc.
Quite uncommon and rarely offered for sale. The best
work on the manuscript literature of ancient and mediaeval times.
The finest possible specimens are given of MSS. in every European
and Oriental language; of such languages as Greek and Latin
many specimens of every century and every style are represented. The
number of reproductions of Italian, French and German Minia-
tures is very considerable.
This is, perhaps, the finest book in the world, and the most interest-
ing to the scholar and the man of taste. Three hundred facsimiles of
256 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
the choicest manuscripts in Europe, need no other recommendation
than to state the fact. The French edition of this work cost nearly
twenty thousand pounds in getting up. Only 250 copies were printed,
of which the King of France took 66 for libraries in the various depart-
ments, and the remainder were subscribed for in Russia and Germany.
932 Singer (S. W.). Researches into the History of Playing
Cards, with illustrations of the origin of Printing and
Engraving on Wood. 19 plates, many of them colored and
on India paper, and a large number of woodcuts. 4to,
calf gilt, marbled edges.
London, Printed by Bensley, 181 6
Rare. " Of this valuable and interesting work only 250 copies
were printed." — Lowndes.
" It is seldom the public have seen a more beautifully planned and
executed work. The facsimile engravings upon wood cannot be sur-
passed . . . the curious will not fail to secure copies whenever
they make their appearance." — T. F. Dibdin.
933 Singer. Wayland Smith — a Dissertation on a Tradition
of the Middle Ages, from the French of G. B. Depping
and Francisque Michel. With additions by S. W.
Singer and the Amplified Legends by Oehlenschlager.
i6mo, cloth, uncut. London, Wm. Pickering, 1847
Beautifully printed by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press.
934 Sismondi (J. C. L. S. De). Historical View of the Liter-
ature of the South of Europe, translated with Notes and
Life of Author, by Thomas Roscoe. Portraits. 2 vols,
post 8vo, calf gilt. London, 1846
' ' A work that will yet always be read for the beauty of its style,
and the richness and wisdom of its recollections." — TiCKNOR.
935 SiSMONDi. History of the Italian Republics. Vignette title.
Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, n. d.
"The publication of Sismondi's ' Republiques Italiennes ' has
thrown a blaze of light around the most interesting of European coun-
tries during the Middle Ages." — Hallam.
936 Skelton (J.). Poetical Works, with Notes and Account
of the Author and his Writings, by the Rev. A. Dyce.
Curious woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo, calf extra, with gilt top
edges, others trimmed. London, 1843
Skelton was Poet Laureate to Henry VIIL " A curious, able, and
remarkable writer. " — Retrospective Review.
An admirable edition (with the scarce leaf of " Addenda," p. 483),
in which, for the first time, the whole of Skelton's Poetical Works are
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brought together. They are illustrated with a body of valuable notes,
and also an outline of the life of Skelton separating from it as far as
practicable the calumnies with which it had come to be overlaid.
937 Sketches of Popular Tumults ; illustrative of the Evils
of Social Ignorance. i2mo, cloth. London, 1837
938 Slang Dictionary; or, the Vulgar Words, Street Phrases
and " Fast " Expressions of High and Low Society. Many
with their Etymology and a Few with their Plistory Traced.
Facsimile " cadger's map" facing title. Crown 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1865
This is a collection of what South called — " rabble-charming words,
which carry so much wild-fire wrapt up in them."
939 Smiles (Samuel) . Lives of Engineers, with an Account of
their Principal Works ; comprising also a History of In-
land Communication in Britain. With portraits and nu-
merous illustrations. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Murray, 1862
' ' No more interesting books have been published of late years than
those by Mr. Smiles." — Sir Stafford Northcote.
940 Smith (Adam). Inquiry into Nature and Causes of the
Wealth of Nations. Edited by James E. Thorold Rog-
ers. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1869
Best edition.
' ' Adam Smith contributed more, by the publication of this single
work, toward the happiness of man, than has been effected by the
united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history
has preserved an authentic account. " — Buckle.
941 Smith (Charles John, F.S.A.). Historical and Literary
Curiosities. 100 colored and other curious plates of auto-
graphs, historical events, old houses, missal ornaments, etc.,
with Descriptions. 4to, half morocco, top edge gilt,
others uncut. London, 1852
An amusing and interesting repertory. The autograph letters,
chiefly of a literary character, include important ones by Coverdale,
Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Isaac Newton, Cowley, Pope, Addison,
Gray, Milton, Prior, Smollett, Sterne, Locke, Bums, Steele, Hume,
Dr. Johnson, Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, etc.
942 [Smith (Horace and James).] Rejected Addresses.
Thirteenth Edition. 8vo, half morocco. London, 1813
Large paper. ' ' I think the ' Rejected Addresses ' by far the best
thing of the kind since the ' Rolliad'." — Lord Byron.
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943 Smith (Capt. John). The True Travels, Adventures, and
Observations of Captaine John Smith, in Europe, Asia,
Africke, and America, with the Generall Historie of Vir-
ginia, New England and the Summer Isles. Portraits and
engravings from the London edition of 1629. 2 vols, royal
8vo, boards. Richmond, 1819
Extremely rare in such condition It is in the original boards
entirely uncut, with all the curious plates and maps complete.
Smith's "Virginia" needs no commendation; it will always be re-
garded as one of the most interesting of the numerous works relative
to the Colonic. Lest the authorship might be disputed, the valiant
captain has in several parts of the work stated — " John Smith writ this
with his own hand." Thackeray makes Henry Warrington in the
" Virginiaiis " say — "I made acquaintance with brave Captain Smith
as a boy in my grandfather's library at home, where I remember how I
would sit at the good old man's knees, with my favorite volume on my
own, spelling out the exploits of our Virginian hero."
944 Smith. A Description of New England; or. Observations
and Discoveries in the North of America in the Year of
our Lord 1614, facsimile of the original map ; also — Ad-
vertisements for the Unexperienced Planters of New En-
gland or Anywhere; or, The Pathway to erect a Plantation,
by Captain John Smith, London, 163 1. Together 2
vols. 4to, cloth, uncut. Boston, 1865
Only 75 copies reprinted — medium quarto, of which the above are
signed — "No. 8. Wm. Veazie.''
945 Smith (J. Jay) and Watson (John F.). American Histor-
ical and Literary Curiosities ; consisting of facsimiles of
original documents relating to the events of the Revolution, etc.
With a variety of reliques, antiquities, andmodern autographs.
4to, cloth, gilt. Phila., 1847
This valuable and interesting publication is entirely out of print and
difficult to find.
946 Smith (Sydney). Works. Portrait. 3 vols. 8vo, calf gilt.
London, 1848
The witty Canon of St. Paul's, who, when the first editor of the
Edinburgh Review, proposed as its motto:
" We cultivate literature upon a little oatmeal."
947 Smith. Memoir of Rev. Sydney Smith, by his daughter
Lady Holland, with a Selection from his Letters edited by
Mrs. Austin. Fourth edition. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth.
London, 1855
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948 Smith (William), Classical Dictionaries, i. e.: —
I. Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography
AND Mythology. Numerous woodcut illustrations. 3
vols, thick 8vo, half calf, cloth sides. London, 1849
II. Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.
Maps and woodcuts. 2 vols, thick 8vo, half calf, cloth
sides. Boston (London), 1854
III. Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiqui-
ties. Numerous woodcut illustrations. Thick 8vo, half calf.
Boston (London), 1859
Together 6 vols, thick 8vo, half calf.
" One of our first English scholars, — one who deals with the history
and philosophy of the ancient classics, as well as with the technicalities
of their language." — London Literary Gazette.
950 Smith (W. Robertson, M.A.). Old Testament in the Jewish
Church. 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1881
Twelve lectures on biblical criticism.
951 Smollett (Tobias). Works. With Memoirs, and View of
the Commencement and Progress of Romance, by John
Moore. Edited by J. P. Browne. Portrait. 6 vols.
8vo, calf, gilt. Dublin, 1816
' ' I have been Tom Jones (a child's Tom Jones, a harmless creature)
for a week together. I have sustained my own idea of Roderick Ran-
dom for a month at a stretch, I verily believe." — Charles Dickens's
David Copperfield.
Outside of his " Peregrine Pickle" and " Humphrey Clinker," and
which are contained in the above edition, Smollett was an enthusiastic
worker in other domains of literature than fiction. He wrote numerous
articles in the British Magazine, and opposed that ' ' cock-eyed son of
destiny," John Wilkes, in a weekly paper called The Briton. He was
the founder of the Critical Review, and translated Don Quixote, Gil
Bias, Voltaire, Fenelon, Telemachus, and other European classics.
952 Smyth (Prof.). Lectures on Modern History, from the Ir-
ruption of the Northern Nations, 2 vols. ; and Lectures on
the French Revolution, 3 vols. Together 5 vols. 8vo, half
bound. London, Pickering, 1848
No historical works have ever given more enlightened and perspicu-
ous views of the course of great events than these celebrated Lectures.
953 Smyth. Evidences of Christianity, by William Smyth.
Small 4to, cloth, uncut. London, Wm. Pickering
Printed in beautiful type on thick paper by C. Whittingham, Chis-
wick.
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954 Smyth (C. Piazzi). Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid.
With photograph, map and plates. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1864
What John Taylor left undone in his book on the "Great Pyramid;
Why was it Built and who Built It?" is fully discussed and covered in
this volume.
955 SoMERS (Lord). Collection of Scarce and Valuable
Tracts on the most interesting Subjects relating to En-
ghsh History, etc. Edited by Sir Walter Scott. 13
vols. 4to, half russia gilt, cloth sides, marbled edges.
London, 1809-15
Best edition ; with considerable additions by the Editor.
" In no collection of the least historical pretence let these Tracts be
found wanting." — DiBDiN.
956 Somerville (William), The Chase, a Poem, Bulmer's edi-
tion, 1796; [Maurice's] Grove Hill, a Descriptive Poem,
with an Ode to Mithra, London, Bensley, 1799 ; Gold-
smith & Parnell's Poems, London, Bulmer, 1795. 3 vols,
in I. Illustrated by additional proof etchings and variations.
4to, calf extra, gilt edges, by Hering. London, 1795-99
Unique. From the Library of the late John Allan. It is stated on
page 185 of the Allan Catalogue that this handsome volume (lot 2337)
was previously in Mr. Baker's Collection. In addition to Bewick's and
Anderson's wood engravings, there are a large number of inserted proof
etchings, steel engravings, variations, portraits, etc., etc.
Bulmer, the publisher of " Somerville 's Chase," states in the preface
respecting the younger Bewick's deathbed connection with this work —
"He [Bewick] had prepared and indeed finished on wood, the whole of
the designs, except one, which embellish the ' Chase ' ; they may there-
fore be literally considered as the last efforts of this ingenious and
much to be lamented Artist."
957 Songs, Madrigals and Sonnets. A Gathering of some
of the most Pleasant Flowers of Old English Poetry. Set
in borders of colored ornaments and vignettes. 32mo, cloth
(cover loose). London, 1849
Printed by Charles Whittingham, Chiswick. The colored orna-
mental borders in this very handsome little volume were printed by
means of wood blocks.
" I had rather than forty shillings I had my book of songs and son-
nets here. " — Merry Wives of Windsor.
958 Sotheby(S. Leigh). Principia Typographic a: the Block-
Books, or Xylographic Delineations of Scripture History
issued in Holland, Flanders and Germany during The
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Fifteenth Century, exemplified in connection with the
Origin of Printing, with Notices on the Paper-Marks of
the Period. Illustrated with 120 large engravings, some in
colors, in exact similitude of the very rare Original Block-
Books. 3 vols, imperial 4to, half morocco, uncut.
'London, printed for the Author, 1858
Only 215 copies of this work out of the 250 printed were sold. The
remainder were presented to public libraries and otherwise specially
reserved, but not for sale.
The above copy was " collated and bound by Charles Tuckett, Jr.,
British Museum, 1858."
One of the most important works ever produced upon the history of
early printing, on which it throws great additional light. It contains
an extended examination of the various editions of the block-books (or
books printed from wooden blocks), the earliest productions of the
art, issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, such as the Apoca-
lypsis S. Johannis, Biblia Pauperum, Ars Moriendi, Cantica Cantico-
rum, Liber Regum, Temptationes Daemonum, Ars Memorandi, End-
krist, Quindecim Signa, De Generatione Christi, Miribilia Romse, etc.
It is not, however, confined to a history of block-books, for it gives
minute accounts, accompanied by exact facsimiles, of some of the
most interesting and rare works printed with movable type in the
infancy of the art, such as the Donatusis, Doctrinale, Catonis Disticha,
Horarium, Faceti^ Morales, Speculum Humanse Salvationis, Barto-
lomteus van de Proprietaten der Dinghen, Exhortatio contra Turcos,
LiterEe Indulgentiarum, etc. An essay upon early paper marks,
illustrated by numerous cuts, concludes the work, which contains
upwards of 120 plates, many of them colored, and more than 200
engravings on wood.
959 SouTHERNE (Thomas). Plays. With an account of the
Life and Writings of the Author. 3 vols. i2mo, yellow
calf gilt, edges gilt. London, 1774
Best edition, and scarce. Southerne was born at Oxmantown,
County of Dublin, 1660, and died in 1746 — "the oldest and richest
of his dramatic brethren." He came of an Anglo-Norman family
which had settled in Ireland at an early date and had previously lived
on the borders of Yorkshire, England, where they were Lords of Mit-
ton and Colmolyn, Of the same stock was John Soothern, who wrote
" Pandora," published in 1584, and which he dedicated to " Edward
Dever, Earl of Oxenford."
960 SouTHEY (Robert). Common-place Book, containing
Choice Passages from English Authors [translations of
interesting extracts from Portuguese and Spanish Authors],
Analytical Readings, Original Memoranda, etc., systemat-
262 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
ically arranged. Edited by his son-in-law, J. W. Warter.
Portrait. 4 vols, thick square 8vo, calf gilt, marbled edges.
London, 1849-51
"An English worthy, doing his duty for fifty noble years of labor;
day by day storing up learning; day by day working for scant wages;
most charitable out of his small means; bravely faithful to the calling
which he had chosen; refusing to turn from his path for popular
praise or prince's favor; — I mean Robert Southey. " — Thackeray.
961 Southey. Life and Correspondence. Edited by his
Son, CuTHBERT SouTHEY. Portraits, views and engraved
titles. 6 vols, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1849-50
Fine, tall uncut copy. " The value and variety of its contents can
hardly be indicated within any reasonable limits."
961* Southey. The Doctor, etc. Rubricated titles, colored front.
7 vols. 1 2mo, half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut.
London, 1834-47
Original edition and very scarce. " You have my full authority
to affirm that my husband is the author of ' The Doctor. ' " — Mrs.
Southey.
962 Southey. Sir Thomas More; or. Colloquies on the
Progress and Prospects of Society. Engravings from
drawings by Westall (^foxed). 2 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt.
London, 1829
963 Southey.— Moraes (Francisco de). Palmerin of England.
Corrected by Robert Southey from the original Portu-
guese. 4 vols. 1 2mo, half morocco gilt, top edges gilt.
London, 1807
This abridged translation was made from the Lisbon edition of
1786.
964 Southey. — Chronicles of the Cid, from the Spanish, by
Robert Southey. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lowell, 1846
Scarce. " One of the most interesting productions of the Spanish
mind. " — Annual Review.
965 Southwell (Robert). Poetical Works, edited by Turn-
BULL. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1856
966 Sowerby (G. B.). Conchological Manual, with an In-
troduction explaining the General Principles of Conch-
ology. Nearly 700 engraved illustrations, beautifully col-
ored. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1852
Fourth edition, considerably improved.
THE FARNUM LIBRARY. 263
967 Swift (Jonathan). Life of, by John Forster. Vol. I.
(1667-1711). Portrait. 8vo, cloth, gilt top edge, others
uncut. N. Y., 1876
" The apostate politician, the ribald priest, the perjured lover." —
Macaulay.
968 Speculum Human^e Salvationis; le plus ancien monu-
ment de la Xylographie et de la Typographic reunies, re-
produit en facsimile, avec Introduction Historique et Bib-
liographique par J. Ph. Berjeau. d/^ facsimiles, with 116
figures. Royal 4to, cloth, uncut. Londres, 1861
Rare. Only 155 copies printed for subscribers of this admirable
facsimile of this early block book, printed long before the invention of
movable types, and claims to be the iirst printed work extant.
969 Spedding (James). Evenings with a Reviewer; or, Macau-
lay and Bacon, with a Prefatory Notice by G. S. Vena-
BLES. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. London, 1881
970 Spence (Rev. Joseph). Anecdotes, Observations and Char-
acters of Books and Men, collected from the conversa-
tions of Mr. Pope and other eminent persons of his time.
With Notes and a Life of the author by Samuel Weller
Singer. Crown Bvo, cloth, uncut. London, 1858
Large paper and 100 copies printed.
"One of the most entertaining volumes of Literary Anecdotes
imaginable ; the materials of which furnished Johnson with much of
the Biography of Pope and his Contemporaries." — Dibdin.
971 Spence. A Parallel in the Manner of Plutarch : between a
Most Celebrated Man of Florence ; and one, scarce ever
heard of, in England. Vignette portrait. 1 2mo, calf, gilt.
Strawberry Hill, 1758
Very scarce. Printed by Horace Walpole's Private Press " at
Strawberry Hill, by William Robinson ; and sold by Messieurs Dods-
ley, at TuUy's Head, Pall Mall ; For the benefit of Mr. Hill." With
MS. notes and cutting inserted.
The celebrated Florentine was Signor Magliabechi, and the " one
scarce heard of " was Robert Hill, "the learned taylor" and staymaker,
remarkable for his knowledge of languages. Vide Allibone.
972 Spenser (Edmund). Poetical Works, complete, edited
with Life and Glossary by J. P. Collier. Portrait and hand-
somely printed in large antique type by Whittingham. 5
vols. 8vo, magnificently bound in green morocco extra,
gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1862
A superb edition printed by Whittingham, and uniform with Picker-
264 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
ing's Milton. ' ' Mr. Collier's text is incomparably the best which
has yet been produced. He has carefully collected all the materials
which are capable of throwing light on Spenser's biography, and
these materials he has discussed with elaborate care and great legal
ability."- — Westminster Review.
973 Spurzheim (J. G.). Phrenology; or, The Doctrine of Men-
tal Phenomena. Frontispiece. 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth.
Boston, 1833
Second American edition, greatly improved by the author.
974 Stanley (Arthur Penrhyn, D.D., Dean of Westminster).
Works, comprising : —
I. Stanley. Lectures on the Eastern Church. Fourth
Edition. London, 1869
II. Stanley. Sinai and Palestine in Connection with their
History. With maps and plans. London, 187 1
III. Stanley. Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey.
Third and Revised Edition. With illustrations.
London, 1869
IV. Stanley. Sermons during the Prince of Wales' Tour
in the East. London, 1863
V. Stanley. Lectures on the History of the Church of
Scotland. London, 1872
VI. Stanley. Lectures on the History of the Jewish
Church. Maps and plans. 2 vols. (Part i. Fifth Edition,
and Part 2, Third Edition.) London, 1870
Together seven vols. 8vo, uniformly and hand-
somely bound in purple calf gilt, marbled edges.
London, 1863-71
"The popular but elaborate history of a liberal and erudite
scholar." — London Athenceum.
"The style of Dr. Stanley is a very pleasant one ; warm, rich and
genial. " — Krauth.
974* Stanley. Christian Institutions — Essays on Ecclesiastical
Subjects. 8vo, cloth, bevelled sides, gilt top edge.
N. Y., 1881
"Vigour of thought and purity of s\.y\e."— London Globe.
975 Stanley (William). The Faith and Practice of a Church
of England Man ; with Notes and an Introductory Essay
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on the Leading Principles of the Church of England, by
the Rev. Robert Eden. i2mo, cloth, trimmed.
London, Pickering, 1848
Printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick. On account of the loud
tones of his voice, Wm. Stanley, Dean of St. Asaph, was satirized as
" Stentor" in the " Tatler."
976 St. Augustine. Confessions. i6mo, cloth.
Oxford, 1868
977 Steinmetz (Andrew). The Romance of Duelling in all
Times and Countries. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1868
*' Ay ! me ! what perils do environ
The man who meddles with cold iron."
— HUDIBRAS.
978 Stephens (H. L.). A Frog he would a-Wooing Go. 16
tinted lithographic plates by Bien, with gold borders, and
letterpress beneath the illustrations. 4to, cloth gilt, edges
gilt. N. Y., 1864
Proofs. Only 100 proof copies printed for subscribers.
979 Sterne (Lawrence). Complete Works. With Life. Por-
trait and vignettes by Thurston. 4 vols. 8vo, calf gilt.
London, 1819
Best edition.
Sterne's wit is poignant though artificial, and his characters have yet
invaluable original differences, though the groundwork of some of them
had been laid before ; and the spirit of the execution, and the master-
strolces constantly thrown into them, are not to be surpassed.
980 Stevens (Henry). Historical Nuggets : Bibliotheca Ameri-
cana, or a Descriptive Account of My Collection of Rare
Books relating to America. 2 vols. fcap. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1858
Henry Stevens is one of the best modern expert bibliographers. He
is no mere plagiaristic book-cataloguer. The above is dedicated ' ' To
the diligent biblioscoper," and on his title is the line from Shakespeare
— "I will buy with you, sell with you. "
" Printed in the best style of the Chiswick Press, regardless of time;
it comprises 2954 titles given in full, with the collation and price of
each work. It was intended, as far as it went, to be a manual for col-
lectors of this expensive class of books. But it did not go very far,
containing as it does not a selection, but only such books as the author
happened to possess at that time. It was intended to supply the defi-
ciencies by additional volumes, but these have never appeared, and
probably never will in this form." — Author.
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981 Stevens. Bibliotheca Historica ; or, a Catalogue of Books
and Manuscripts relating to America. 8vo, paper, uncut-
Boston, 1870
Beautifully printed, and profusely annotated. One of the few bib-
liographical works which unites instruction with amusement. The
erudite author, who now resides in London, is a son of the late Henry
Stevens of Vermont, the founder and first President of the Vermont
Historical Society.
982 Stevens (J. A.). Yorktown Centennial Handbook. Cuts.
i2mo, cloth. N. Y., 1881
Being an— " historical and topographical guide to the Yorktown
Peninsula, Richmond, James River and Norfolk.''
983 Stevenson (John Hall). Works. Crazy Tales, Fables for
Grown Gentlemen, Makarony Fables, Monkish Epitaphs,
etc. Corrected and Enlarged, vyith Explanatory Notes.
2 plates. 3 vols. 1 2mo, calf gilt. London, 1795
Fine copy of this curious and facetious work, from the George
Daniel library.
Every endeavor was made to suppress the Tales written by John
Hall Stevenson.
No author has been more abused. The Monthly Review in 1762
asserted — ' ' We can safely aver that they are full of obscenity, whether
' evidently designed ' or not ; and apparently calculated to inflame the
passions." Sir Walter Scott styles his work a — "witty and indecent
collection," and Tom Moore stigmatizes them as — -"clever but licen-
tious productions. " Stevenson was a kinsman of Laurence Sterne, and
endeavored to rival that celebrated Protestant parson in facetiousness,
which caused Bishop Warburton to call him — " a monster of impiety
and lewdness."
984 Stirling (William, M. A., /. e., Sir William Stirling Max-
well). Annals of the Artists of Spain. With illuminated
fronts., portraits and other illustrations of buildings, paintings,
etc. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, John Ollivier, 1848
Very rare. This very beautiful book has carmine initial letters,
rubricated titles, etc. A copy in a recent catalogue of Sotheran of
London is priced £\b \ts.
" No new edition is ever likely to appear." — Quaritch.
" Discursive and ornate, he enriches his pages with curiosities of
literature, bearing upon the manners and spirit of different epochs,
larding the dry details of inferior artists now with grave history, anon
with court gossip and anecdote." — London Quarterly Review.
" A work honorable to its author for the familiarity it shows, not
only with the state of the arts in that country, but also with its litera-
ture." — W. H. Prescott.
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985 Stirling. Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles V. Second
edition, enlarged. Vignette portrait, izmo, half morocco
gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. London, 1852
Original edition, out of print and scarce.
"A work of remarkable interest." — English Cydopadia.
986 Stone (W. L.). The Poetry and History of Wyoming ; con-
taining Campbell's Gertrude, with a Biographical Sketch
of the Author, by Washington Irving ; and the History
of Wyoming, from its Discovery to the Beginning of the
Present Century. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Albany, 1864
Large paper, and but a few printed, Allibone says 50.
987 Strickland (Agnes). Lives of the Queens of England,
from the Norman Conquest. 8 vols. 8vo, calf extra,
marbled edges. London, i860
Scarce and best edition.
This most readable and original work is as interesting as a novel,
and is far more reliable than the generality of professed " Histories."
988 Strutt (Joseph). Sports and Pastimes of the People of
England, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
Edited by William Hone. With 140 illustrations of the
shows, mummeries, pageants, etc., colored by hand. Royal
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Tegg, 1845
Very rare. Large paper, with the wood engravings colored by
hand after the original MSS., and of which only the large paper
were so finished. This includes the rural and domestic recreations,
May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions and pompous
spectacles from the earliest period to the present time.
" The amusing pages of Strutt entitle his memory to great respect;
and, borrowing the idea of Dr. Johnson; I will boldly aflirm that he
who wishes to be informed of the curious and interesting details con-
nected with Ancient Manners and Customs, Costume, Regal and
Ecclesiastical Antiquities, ' must devote his days and his nights ' to
the volumes of Strutt." — Dibdin's Decameron.
989 Strutt. The Same. 8vo, calf extra gilt, edges gilt.
London, Tegg, 1831
990 Strutt. Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of
England, containing the most authentic Representa-
tions of all the English Monarchs from Edward the
Confessor to Henry the Eighth; together with many of
the Great Personages that were eminent under their sev-
eral reigns, taken from coeval authorities preserved in the
Public Libraries and Cathedrals of Great Britain. New
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and greatly improved edition, with Critical and Explana-
tory Notes, by J. R. Planch^, Esq., F.S A. With 72
colored engravings, carefully copied from ancient manuscripts,
monuments, etc. Royal 4to, cloth, uncut. London, 1842
Scarce. The illuminations contained in these magnificent works
are from choice examples of ancient art existing in missals, and illumi-
nated manuscripts preserved in the British Museum, the Bodleian and
other public libraries.
991 Strutt. Dresses and Habits of the English, from the
Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the Present
Time. With an Historical and Critical Inquiry into every
branch of Costume, and a General Description of the
Ancient Habits in use amoug Mankind. New and greatly
improved edition, with Critical and Explanatory Notes, by
J. R. Planch^, Esq., F.S. A. With 153 engravings richly
colored, taken from the most authentic sources, preserved in
the British Museum, the Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge,
the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth, etc., etc. 2 vols,
royal 4to, cloth, uncut. London, 1842
992 Strype (John, M.A.). Works, comprising : —
I. Annals of the Reformation. 4 vols, in 7.
IL Lives of Bishop Aylmer, Sir John Cheke and Sir
Thomas Smith, t, portraits. 3 vols, in i.
HI. Memorials of Cranmer. Portrait. 2 vols.
IV. Life of Bishop Grindal. Portrait,
V. Life of Archbishop Parker. Portrait. 3 vols.
VI. Ecclesiastical Memorials. 3 vols, in 6.
VII. Life and Acts of Archbishop Whitgift. Portrait.
3 vols.
VIII. General Index to Strype's Works. 2 vols, in i.
Together 24 vols. Svo, calf, gilt.
Oxiord, at the University Press, 1820-40
' ' The painful and laborious collector, who never omits the most
trivial matter." — Hume.
993 Stuart (I. W.). Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Gov-
ernor of Connecticut. Colored portraits. Royal Svo, cloth.
Boston, 1859
" A long and well-spent life in the service of his country places Gov-
ernor Trumbull among the first of patriots." — Washington.
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994 Stubbs (W., M.A.). Constitutional History of England, in
its Origin and Development. 3 vols, crown 8vo, cloth,
uncut. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1874-78
995 Suckling (Sir John). The Works of Sir John Suckling,
containing his Poems, Letters and Plays. Portrait. 8vo,
yellow calf gilt, edges gilt. London, 1709
Very SCARCE. Comprises his facetious poems (see "A Candle,"
page 62) ; Letters ; Account of Religion by Reason ; his plays of
" Aglaura," " The Gk)blins," " Brennorath," " The Sad One," etc.
"His ' Ballad on a Wedding ' is his masterpiece, and is indeed
unrivalled in that class of composition for the voluptuous delicacy of
the sentiments and the luxuriant richness of the images."— Hazlitt.
996 Sue (Eugene). The Mysteries of Paris Several hun-
dred illustrations by Heath. 3 vols. 8vo, half calf extra.
London, 1845-46
This popular work has become very scarce.
997 Sue. The Wandering Jew. Profusely illustrated by H^XTn.
3 vols. 8vo, cloth, trimmed. London, 1844-45
998 Sully (Duke of). Memoirs. Translated by Charlotte
Lennox, with Notes, etc. [attributed to Sir Walter
Scott]. Numerous fine portraits {foxed). 5 vols, royal
8vo, tree marble calf gilt. London, 1810
Large paper copy.
It was not only as a financial reformer that the Due de Sully served
King Henry the Fourth of France and his country. He was the
King's counsellor in all the great measures of the reign with regard to
foreign affairs, and also in those by which belief of conscience and full
rights of citizenship were guaranteed to the Huguenots ; and by which
the effective administration of the law and the maintenance of order
and tranquillity were secured.
" The Memoirs of Sully finish the portrait of these times, in finish-
ing for us, not only the portrait of Henry IV. , but in giving us many
curious particulars respecting the practical government of France, its
finances, factions and the whole state of its constitution and interests.
His work is authentic and particularly valuable, and must be read." —
Prof. Smyth.
999 Sumner (Wm. G.). A History of American Currency Crown
8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1878
With — ' ■ chapters on the English Bank Restriction and Austrian
Paper Money, to which is appended ' The Bullion Report. ' "
1000 Surrey and Wyatt. Poetical Works [complete, edited
with original Memoirs by Sir Harris Nicolas]. Por-
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traits. 2 vols, crown 8vo, yellow calf, bevelled sides,
marbled edges. London, Pickering, 1831
Large paper and printed by C. Whittingham. An elegant copy.
" The graces of the Italian muse which had been taught by Surrey
and Wyatt." — Warton.
looi [SuRTEES (R. S.).] Sponge's Sporting Tour and Handley
Cross. With colored plates and many woodcuts from the in-
imitable designs of Leech and H. K. Browne. 2 vols. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1853-54
Original octavo edition and now scarce.
The best sporting novels that English literature has produced. The
illustrations to these interesting volumes are inimitable.
1002 SwEDENBORG (Emanucl). His Life and Writings. By
William White. Portraits. Thick 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1868
Second Edition.
" The case against me runs thus — ' You admit that Swedenborg kept
a mistress, went mad, told cock and bull stories, and didn't wash his
face. Yet you say he was a Divine Messenger.'" — Preface.
1003 Swift (Dean). Works, containing additional Letters,
Tracts, and Poems, not hitherto published; with Notes and
a Life of the Author by Sir Walter Scott. Portrait.
19 vols. 8vo, calf extra, gilt edges. Edinburgh, 1824
The rare Second Edition.
"No author in the British language has enjoyed the extensive popu-
larity of the celebrated Dean of St. Patrick's. Neither the local and
temporary nature of the subjects on which his pen was frequently en-
gaged, nor other objections of a more positive nature, have affected the
brilliancy of his reputation. " — Scott.
1004 Symonds (John Addington). Renaissance in Italy. 5 vols.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1880-81
Comprising — I., Age of the Despots; II., the Revival of Learning;
III., the Fine Arts; IV. and V., Italian Literature.
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" Triumph, my Britaine, thou hast one to showe,
To whom all Scenes of Europe homage owe.
He was not of an age but for all time!
And all the Muses still were in their prime,
When, like Apollo, he came forth to warme
Our eares, or, like a Mercury, to charme!
Nature her selfe was proud of his designes.
And ioyed to weare the dressings of his lines!
Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit,
As since, she will vouchsafe no other Wit."
— Ben Jonson.
1005 Shakespeare. A Reprint of his Collected Works as put
• forth in 1623. Part i containing the Comedies, Part 2 the
Histories, and Part 3 the Tragedies. Published according
to the True Original Copies. 3 vols. 4to, trimmed.
London, Printed by Isaac laggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623;
and Reprinted for Lionel Booth, 1864
Lionel Booth's careful facsimile reprint of the far-famed Text of the
First Edition of Shakespeare, "intact as it was put forth in 1623," with
an elaborate collation of the first folio.
That distinguished American bibliophile Charles W. Frederick-
son, the Shelleyan enthusiast, thus writes of the ever-living home of
the immortal Bard of Avon in Irving and Fairholt's " Shakespeare's
Home," N. Y., 1877: — " Shakespeare's real home, where is it? As far
as human foot has trod, either in the Arctic or the torrid zone, his
voice and influence have been heard and felt. The tattered leaves of
his much read volume are carefully cared for by the trapper of the West
and the wandering emigrant of New Zealand. It cheers the lagging
hours of the prisoner in his cell, and forms the text for universal con-
versation. The schoolboy spouts his lines, the lover copies his verses,
the soldier is fired by his enthusiasm, the justice tempers his sentences
by a quotation, the lean and slippered pantaloon pores over his tome,
and the last stage of all finds hope and consolation in his ever-living
lines."
272
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1006 Shakespeare. The Works of William Shakespeare.
The Plays edited from the Folio of MDCXXIII., with
Various Readings from all the Editions and all the Com-
mentators, Notes, Introductory Remarks, A Historical
Sketch of the Text, An Account of the Rise and Progress
of the English Drama, A Memoir of the Poet, and An Essay
upon his Genius. By Richard Grant White. Portraits
on India paper and woodcuts. 1 2 vols. 8vo, half olive mo-
rocco, gilt top edges, others uncut, by W. Matthews.
Boston, Little, Brown &• Co., 1857-66
Very scarce. Large paper ; only 48 copies printed, and of which
a number was destroyed at Richardson's fire.
' ' After such conscientious examination of his work as the importance
of it demands; after a painful comparison, note by note, and reading by
reading, of his edition with those of Messrs. Knight, Collier, and Dyce,
our opinion of his ability and fitness for his task has been heightened
and confirmed. Not that we always agree with him ; but Mr. White
has generally shown so just a discrimination, that there are few instances
where we dissent. We have subjected his volumes to a laborious exam-
ination, such as few books receive, because the text of Shakespeare is a
matter of common and great concern, and they have borne the trial,
except in a few unimportant particulars, admirably. Mr. Dyce and Mr.
Singer are only dry, common-place books of illustrative quotations ;
Mr. Collier has not wholly recovered from his ' corr. fo.' madness; Mr.
Knight (with many eminent advantages as an editor) is too diffuse; and
we repeat our honest persuasion, that Mr. White has thus far given us
the best extant text, while the fullness of his notes gives his edition
almost the value of a variorum ; and we think that a careful collation
justifies us in saying that in acute discrimination of aesthetic shades of
expression, and often of textual niceties, Mr. White is superior to any
previous editor." — ^J. R. Lowell.
1007 Shakespeare's Scholar : being Historical and Critical
Studies of his Text, Characters, and Commentators, with
an Examination of Mr. Collier's folio of 1632. By R.
Grant White. 8vo, cloth, gilt top edge, others uncut.
N. Y., 1854
Very scarce.
"Mr. Grant White in his entertaining and suggestive book called
' Shakespeare's Scholar,' " etc. — Howard Staunton.
1008 Shakespeare. Dramatic Works. Poems, Doubtful
Plays, and Biography. Charles Knight's splendid
Pictorial Edition. Illustrated with over 1,200 beautiful
engravings on wood, of views, costumes, old buildings, por-
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traits, etc. 8 vols, imperial 8vo. Elegantly bound, from
THE SHEETS, in half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others
uncut. London, Charles Knight &= Co., n. d.
Unique. Original pictorial edition, now very scarce. With 36 extra
India proof plates from designs by Smirke and others inserted.
This ably-edited work ranges in size and character with the
elegant Abbotsf ord edition of the Waverley Novels, and is indisputably
the most beautiful of the modern illustrated octavo editions of Shakes-
peare.
In this splendid edition the text is derived from a most laborious
and careful collation of the early editions, with all that the best and
most extensive modern Shakesperean criticism has discovered. The
notes are copious and thoroughly elucidatory of obscure words and
phrases, and of the sources of the plays, the historical characters, etc.
The engravings are mostly from actual things, and are not mere fancy
pictures. The biography of Shakespeare is the best yet written of him,
and the studies of the characters of the plays and the accounts of the
plots are written with feeling as well as with critical acumen.
1009 Shakespeare. The Works of William Shakespeare.
Cambridge Edition. Edited by William George Clark,
M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, and Public
Orator in the University of Cambridge, and John
Glover, M.A., Librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge.
9 vols, 8vo, cloth, uncut.
Cambridge and London, England, 1863-66
Fine, clean copy of this most valuable edition of Shakespeare. Now
out of print and exceedingly scarce.
loio Shakespeare. Comedies, Histories, Tragedies and Poems
of William Shakspere, with a Biography and Studies
of his Works by Charles Knight. Pictorial and Na-
tional Edition. Profusely illustrated. 8 vols. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. Boston [London], 1853
The National Edition is now very scarce and is one of the best edi-
tions for use.
ion Shakespeare. The Plays of Shakespeare, Edited by
Howard Staunton. Portrait and numerous illustrations
by John Gilbert, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. 3
vols. 4to, half morocco, uncut on all edges.
London, George Routledge &= Co., 1858
A splendid copy of Staunton's Pictorial Shakespeare, original edition,
with bright impressions of the celebrated wood-engravings by the
Dalziels, after Sir John Gilbert's spirited designs.
2 74 "^HE FARNUM LIBRARY.
1012 Shakespeare. Supplement to the Plays of ; comprising
the Seven Dramas which have been ascribed to his Pen,
but which are not included with his Writings in modern
editions. With Notes, and an Introduction to each Play,
by William Gilmore Simms. Illustrations on wood.
Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1848
First American edition. Scarce. The seven plays are— The Two
Noble Kinsmen; The London Prodigal; Thomas, Lord Cromwell;
Sir John Oldcastle; The Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street;
The Yorkshire Tragedy and the Tragedy of Locrine.
1013 Shakespeare. Hamlet, by William Shake-speare,
1603; Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, 1604. With
a Bibliographical Preface by Samuel Timmins. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, i860
Limited edition, published at lis. 6d. , of this interesting volume.
" Being exact reprints of the first and second editions of Shakespeare's
great drama, from the very rare originals in the possession of His
Grace the Duke of Devonshire; with the two texts printed on oppo-
site pages and so arranged that the parallel passages face each other."
1014 Shakespeare. Sonnets ; reproduced in facsimile by the
New Process of Photo-Zincography in use in Her Ma-
jesty's Ordnance Survey Office. Small 4to, half morocco,
edges uncut, Roxburghe style. London, 1862
Facsimiled — "from the unrivalled original in the Library of
Bridgewater House, by permission of the Right Hon. the Earl of
EUesmere.''
1015 Shakespeare Society's Publications. Consisting of
Works illustrative of Shakespeare, Old Plays, Poems,
Curious Tracts, Memoirs, etc., either now printed for the
first time, or, from their rarity, difficult to be procured.
47 parts in 19 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt, contents lettered.
London, 1841-53
A COMPLETE and fine set of these valuable and scarce works.
The Shakespeare Society has been dissolved, and the compara-
tively few sets of their publications dispersed. They consist of nearly
fifty different works illustrative of Shakespeare, and comprise Old
Plays, Poems, Curious Tracts, Memoirs, etc., either printed for
the first time, or from their rarity difficult to be procured ; they are
edited by eminent literary men. Among their distinguished Editors
were J. P. Collier, J. O. Halliwell, Rev. A. Dyce, and P. Cunning-
ham.
The above set in 19 vols, is lettered as follows; — Dramatic Works
of Thomas Heywood, 2 vols. ; Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays, 4
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vols. ; Early Prose and Poetical Tracts, 2 vols. ; Henslowe and Al-
leyne, 2 vols. ; Registers of the Stationers' Company ; Plots of
Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Henry IV. ; Life of Inigo Jones and
Ben Jonson's Conversations ; John A. Kent and John A. Comber —
Lodge's Defence of Poetry, etc. ; Fairy Mythology of Shakespeare —
Oberon's Vision ; Original Actors in the Plays of Shakespeare ; Revels
at Court — Tarleton's Jests ; Early Treatises on the Stage ; Papers of
the Shakespeare Society.
ioi6 Shakespeare's Library: a Collection of the Romances,
Novels, Poems, and Histories, used by Shakespeare as the
Foundation of his Dramas, now first collected and accu-
rately reprinted from the Original Editions, with Introduc-
tory Notices, by J. Payne Collier. 2 vols. 8vo, calf gilt.
London, Thomas Rodd, n. d.
" This valuable work places in the hands of the reader, for a few
shillings, matter that could before have been purchased only by an out-
lay of hundreds of pounds, and which was in many cases altogether
inaccessible. " — Allibone.
1017 Collier (J. Payne, F.S.A.). Notes and Emendations to
Text of Shakespeare's Plays, from Early Manuscript
Corrections in a Copy of the Folio, 1632, in the possession
of J. Payne Collier, F.S.A., forming a Supplemental
Volume to the Works of Shakespeare by the same editor
in eight volumes, octavo. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1853
' ' The corrections which Mr. Collier has here given to the world, we
venture to think, of more value than the labors of nearly all the critics
on Shakespeare's text put together." — London Literary Gazette.
The three following lots relate to the " terrible excitement " created
among the antiquaries and Shakesperean critics by the publication of
the above.
1018 Hamilton (N. E. S. A.). An Inquiry into the Genuine-
ness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. J. Payne Col-
lier's Annotated Shakespere, Folio, 1632, and of certain
Shakesperean Documents likewise published by Mr. Col-
lier. Facsimiles. Small 4to, cloth, uncut. London, i860
"It cannot be fairly alleged that Mr. Hamilton has strained the
facts, or gone out of the way to apply them." — Manchester Guardian.
10 1 9 Dyce (Rev. Alexander). Remarks on Mr. J. P. Collier's
and Mr. C. Knight's Editions of Shakespeare. 8vo,
half calf gilt. London, Moxon, 1844
" The acknowledged reputation of Mr. Dyce as a reformer of cor-
rupt texts is too widely extended to be increased by our eulogy." —
Literary Gazette.
276 THE FARNVM LIBRARY.
1020 Singer (Samuel Weller). The Text of Shakespeare Vindi-
cated from the Interpolations and Corruptions Advocated
by John Payne Collier, Esq., in his Notes and Emenda-
tions. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, William Pickering, 1853
Singer quotes on his title the line from the ' ' Rape of Lucrece " —
" To blot old books and alter their content," and beneath Malone's
reference to it — ' ' Shakespeare probably little thought, when he wrote
this line, that his own compositions would afford a more striking
example of this species of devastation than any that has appeared since
the first use of type."
102 1 Ireland. Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instru-
ments, under the Hand and Seal of William Shakes-
peare ; including the Tragedy of King Lear and a small
Fragment of Hamlet, from the Original MSS. in the pos-
session of Samuel Ireland. Curious facsimiles. 4to,
half russia, cloth sides. London, 1796
Very rare and fine copy in quarto, of which " Only 138 copies
printed. " — LoWNDES.
Although the name of Samuel Ireland appears on the title-page of
the above volume, the real author was his son, W. H. Ireland.
1022 Ireland (William Henry). The Confessions of, containing
the Particulars of his Fabrication of the Shakespeare
Manuscripts ; together with Anecdotes and Opinions
(hitherto unpublished) of many Distinguished Persons in
the Literary, Political and Theatrical World. Facsimiles.
1 2 mo, half russia gilt. London, 1805
" Confessions as false as the forgeries they profess to expose."
This copy is one of the 138 saved from destruction of the book
upon the confession of the younger Ireland ; and even of these, the
greater part were subsequently lost by fire. See Catalogue Raisonne,
p. 98. Samuel was really the given name of this forger.
1023 Ingleby (C. Mansfield). The Shakespeare Fabrications;
or, the MS. Notes of the Perkins Folio shown to be of
Recent Origin. Facsimile frontispiece. i6mo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1859
With — " an appendix on the authorship of the Ireland forgeries."
1024 Heard (Franklin Fiske). The Legal Acquirements of
William Shakespeare. 4to, paper, uncut.
Boston, John Kimball Wig-gin, 1865
Very rare. No. 3 of four copies on drawing paper, out of an entire
edition of sixty. A beautiful piece of printing, and with rubricated
title.
The farnvM UbrarV. 277
1025 Halliwell (James O.). Historical Account of the New
Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, the last residence of Shaks-
peare. Illustrated by upwards of sixty woodcuts, comprising
views, antiquities, facsimiles of deeds, etc. Folio, cloth, uncut.
London, 1864
" Presented to the Subscribers to the Folio Shakespeare.''
This is a most important work for the Shakespearean student. The
great researches of the author have enabled him to bring to light many
facts hitherto unknown in reference to the "great bard." AH the
documents possessing any real claim or importance are inserted at full
length, and many of them are now printed for the first time.
1026 Drake (Nathan, M.I).). Shakespeare and his Times:
including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on his
Genius and Writings; a New Chronology of his Plays;
a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets, and a History
of the Manners, Customs and Amusements, Superstitions,
Poetry and Elegant Literature of his Age. Portrait and
facsimiles. 2 vols. 4to, half morocco, gilt, cloth sides
(some pages foxed and cover of Vol. 2 loose).
London, Cadell Ss' Davies, 18 17
Unique, large paper. This very scarce work is enhanced by the
insertion of a number of colored plates-
' ' It may be considered as a magnificent temple dedicated to the
genius of Shakespeare. Its publication will form an epoch in the
Shakespearean history of the country." — Gentleman's Magazine.
1027 Green (Henry, M.A.). Shakespeare and the Emblem
Writers : an Exposition of their Similarities of Thought
and Expression, preceded by a View of Emblem-Literature
down to A. D. 1616. Frontispiece and vignette title, and
numerous illustrated devices from the original authors. 4to,
cloth gilt, bevelled sides, edges uncut. London, 1870
This work, which has been printed with great care, abounds in orna-
mental, illustrative, facsimile woodcuts and photo-lithographs, taken
from the works of authors with several of whom Shakespeare was per-
sonally acquainted. The students and scholars of the great dramatist
will here find illustrations, until now unquarried, from his marvellous
writings. And in the first three chapters of the work bibhophilists
will discover information, once lying widely scattered, now brought
into compass and order. Also to every one of the Teutonic race, by
whom Shakespeare is reverenced, there is offered further insight into
the course which his genius pursued in elevating and refining its own
powers .
278 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
1028 Shakespeare Jest-Books, being reprints of Early and very
Rare Jest-Books supposed to have been used by Shakes-
peare. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by W. C.
Hazlitt. 3 vols, thick foolscap Bvo, half morocco, Rox-
burghe style, edges uncut.
London, Willis &= Sotheran, 1864
This is a reprint of tiie early and very rare jest-books which Shakes-
peare is supposed to have plagiarized pretty freely from. The orig-
inals of the works included in these three volumes are so excessively
rare, that, however ardent in his search, or prodigal of his money,
the book-collector would find it next to impossible to procure even a
portion of those assembled here. Contents: A Hundred Mery Tayls,
from the only known copy; Mery Tales and Quicke Answeres, from
the rare editions of 1530 and 1567; Merie Tales of Skelton; Jests of
Scogin; SackfuU of News; Tarlton's Jests; Merrie Conceited Jests of
George Peele; Jacke of Dover; Merie Tales of the Mad Men of
Gotham; Twelve Mery Jests of the Wydow Edyth; Pasquils Jests
with Mother Bunches Merriments; The Pleasant Conceits of Old
Hobson; Certayne Conceyts and Jeasts; Taylor's Wit and Mirth;
Conceits, Clinches, Flashes, and Whimsies.
" This carefully edited series of Elizabethan Jest-Books is a valua-
ble contribution to our knowledge of the wit and humor of the time
when Shakespeare flourished, and a curious example of the books
popular in the sixteenth century. To the English philologist and
antiquary they are likewise extremely interesting. They are very
handsomely printed, and are altogether among the daintiest volumes
of the modern press."
1029 Brough (Robert B.). The Life of Sir John Falstaff,
with a Biography of the Knight from Authentic Sources
by Robert B. Brough. With 20 very fine full-page etch-
ings by George Cruikshank. Royal 8vo, cloth, top edge
gilt, others uncut. London, 1858
A splendid addition to a collection of Cruikshankiana or Shakes-
pearean literature. In the words of the author — "no pains have
been spared by the artist (the immortal George) to make his work con-
scientiously complete.''
1030 Falstaff. Original Letters, etc., of Sir John Falstaff,
selected from Genuine Manuscripts which have been in
the possession of Dame Quickly and her Descendants
near Four Hundred Years. 32mo, half morocco.
Phila., 1813
Rare, curious, and ' ' Dedicated to Master Samuel Irelaunde and
Patrick Lyon."
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1031 More (Sir Thomas). The History of King Richard the
Third. New edition, revised and corrected. Portrait.
8vo, mottled calf extra, citron edges, by Bedford.
Rare. Chiswick, Whittingham, 1821
Large paper. A beautiful copy of this little classic which was
written before Shakespeare was born.
1032 DouCE (F.). Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient
Manners. With Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of
Shakspeare; on the collection of Popular Tales entitled
Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris Dance.
By Francis Douce, illustrations on wood by J. Ber-
RYMAN. 2 vols. 8vo, half russia. London, Longmans, 1807
Best edition. Very scarce.
"Of this literary writer, notices are copiously strewed over the
three volumes of the Bibliographical Decameron. " — Wrangham.
" I look upon this work as a sort of Hortus Shakespearianus; the
research and learning bestowed on it are immense." — DlBDlN.
1033 Book of Shakespeare Gems, a Series of Landscape Il-
lustrations of the most interesting localities of Shakes-
peare's Dramas ; with Historical and Descriptive Ac-
counts, by Washington Irving, Jesse, W. Howitt,
Wordsworth, Inglis and others. With 45 highly-finished
steel engravings, by Radcliffe, Woods, Hinchliff, Var-
RALL, Winckles, and other eminent artists. Red cloth,
gilt, uncut. London, 1850
Admirably adapted for illustrating Shakespeare. Published at £1
IIJ. td.
1034 BoYDELL. Graphic Illustrations of the Dramatic
Works of Shakespeare. Comprising 100 large and beau-
tiful engravings by Schiavonetti, Heath, Noble,
Sharpe, etc., from designs by Smirke, Hamilton, West-
all, Northcote, etc. (some foxed). Folio, half morocco
extra, gilt edges. London, 1802
Fine original impressions. The above is a totally distinct series
from the large set, and was published with the Text in 9 vols, folio.
This is one of the very few sets taken off and sold separately from the
text.
There are two different plates of Opie's " Romeo and Juliet," Act
4, Scene V., one engraved by J. P. Simon, the other by W. Blake.
The second is marked " variation."
In 1804, the year of his death, Boydell estimated his expenditures
on his great Shakespeare Gallery's art works at ;^350.ooo, which
28o THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
ruined him. Mr. Tassie was more fortunate ; he drew the Boydell
Gallery with a guinea lottery ticket, and profited by it, it is said, to
the extent of more than ;^io,ooo. The first artists of the time were
secured to paint the pictures, among them were Sir Joshua Reynolds,
Benjamin West, Fuseli, Romney, Northcote, Smirke, Stothard and
Opie. The first engravers of England were employed to transfer
them to copper, and such artists as Sharp, Bartolozzi, Earlom, Thew,
Simon, Middiman, Watson, Fittler, Wilson, and many others, exerted
their talents for years on the great work. Dress, architecture, scen-
ery, are all produced with perfect exactness of antiquarian and archae-
ological research, and embodied with a skill which only the great
masters could command.
1035 Retzsch, M. Illustrations to Shakespeare, complete,
with Descriptions in English and German. Upwards of
100 fine outline engravings. Oblong 4to, cloth, gilt edges
(binding slightly damaged). N. Y., 1853
Although the above is styled on the title — " Second American Origi-
nal Edition," it is only a matter of title-page, as they are the original
plates printed and published at Leipsic by Ernest Fleischer and his
name appears on the bottom of every impression.
These beautiful plates illustrate Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet,
Lear, The Tempest, Othello, Merry Wives of Windsor, and King
Henry IVth.
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^°3^ ll^»5j(ip^:|AINE (H A.). History of English Litera-
ture. Translated by Van Laun. 2 vols.
8vo, cloth, uncut edges.
Edinburgh, 1871
Early copies with the imprint of " Edmonston and Douglas,'' are
now scarce. Irrespective of its undoubted literary merit, this book
is an ornament to any library. It is elegantly printed on heavy hand-
made paper, and is a superb specimen of typography.
1037 Talfourd (Sir Thomas Noon, D.C.L.). The Dramatic
Works of. Post 8vo, finely bound in red morocco, gilt
edges by Hayday. London, Moxon, 1852
Eleventh edition — " to which are added a few sonnets and verses."
"We give this writer full credit for the wish which he expresses, to
advance the cause of religion and morality." — London Monthly Re-
mew.
1038 Talleyrand (Prince). Correspondence of, and King
Louis XVIIL, during the Congress of Vienna. Portrait.
Thick 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1881
Compiled from manuscripts preserved in the archives of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Vienna, with a Preface, Observations and
Notes by M. G. Pallain, also Descriptive Index.
1039 Taylor (Bishop Jeremy). Whole Works ; with an Essay
Bibliographical and Critical. Portrait. 3 vols, thick
royal 8vo, cloth. London, 1862
"As long, probably, as Englishmen retain a. taste for elevated
thought, pure aspiration, and quaint imagery clothed in rich and
ornate diction, so long will Jeremy Taylor retain his high place in
our literature." — Quarterly Review.
1040 Taylor. Worthy Communicant : a Discourse on the
Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the Worthy
receiving of the Lord's Supper. 8vo, calf, antique, red
edges. London, William Pickering, 1853
Scarce. Beautifully printed at the Chiswick Press by Whitting-
ham.
282 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
1041 Taylor. The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life,
described in the History of the Life and Death of the ever
Blessed Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the World. 3 vols,
foolscap, 8vo, calf, antique, red edges.
London, W. Pickering, 1849
" Bishop Taylor has the eloquence of the orator, the fancy of the
poet, the acuteness of the schoolman, the profoundness of the philo-
sopher, and the piety of the saint." — Parr.
1042 Taylor. Rules and Exercises of Holy Living and Holy
Dying. 2 vols, crown Bvo, cloth, uncut. Boston, 1864
Large paper and handsomely printed.
"The writings of Bishop Jeremy Taylor are a perpetual feast to rae.
His hospitable board groans under the weight and multitude of
viands. Yet I seldom rise from the perusal of his works without
repeating, or recollecting the excellent observation of Minutius Felix:
Fabulas et errores ab imperitis parentibus discimus; et, quod est
gravius, ipsis studiis et disciplinis elaboramus." — Omn. I., 188.
1043 Taylor (Henry). Philip Van Artevelde : a Dramatic Ro-
mance in two Parts. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
1-,onAan, Moxon, 1852
" Henry Taylor's tragedies are of the very best kind."— Robert
SOUTHEY.
1044 Taylor (Isaac). Words and Places ; or. Etymological
Illustrations of History, Ethnology and Geography. With
maps. i2mo, cloth. London, 1873
" The author is evidently a man of ardent piety, of a vivid im-
agination, and of a vigorous and excursive understanding, and has a
vast command of diction and imagery. He is never dull. Dullness,
indeed, is at the very antipodes of his manner. There is an intensity
about the composition which keeps our faculties perpetually upon the
stretch. The man, beyond all question, is a very distinguished
writer." — British Critic.
1045 Taylor (John). The Great Pyramid. Why was it Built ?
and Who Built It ? Cuts. i2mo, cloth. London, 1864
" John Taylor, of London, whose modesty will leave the next gen-
eration to know, better than his own age appears to do, how great a
mind we have had amongst us." — Morgan.
1046 Taylor (E. S.). History of Playing-Cards; with Anec-
dotes of their Use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-
Sharping. Numerous illustrations. Thick post 8vo, cloth
uncut. London, 1865
Illustrated with numerous facsimiles of early playing cards. "It
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was edited and completed by Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie [nephew of
Shelton Maclcenzie]. It was subsequently advertised as by Rev.
Edward Taylor, and John Camden Hotten." — Allibone.
1047 Temple (Sir William). Works and Life, /. e. : —
I. Temple. Works, complete, with Life. Best edition. 4
vols. London, 1814
n. Temple. Memoirs of the Life, Works and Correspon-
dence of, by the Right Hon. Thomas Peregrine
CouRTENAY. JVitA Steel portrait and folded pedigree.
2 vols. London, 1836
Together 6 vols. 8vo, half calf gilt. London, 1814-36
•" Sir W. Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English
prose." — Dr. Johnson.
' ' Next to Dryden, the second place among the polite writers of the
period from the Restoration to the end of the century has commonly
been given to Sir William Temple." — Hallam.
1048 Tennyson (Alfred). Poetical Works, complete. Portrait.
6 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, trimmed edges. London, 1872
Library edition, elegantly printed on ribbed paper, with initial
letters and numerous ornamental head and tail pieces.
" Tennyson's diction and melody are in perfect harmony with his
imaginative faculty." — Bayne.
1049 Teuffel (W. S., Professor at Tubingen!). A History of
Roman Literature. 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth. London, 1873
Printed in English by " Ferd. Schlotke, Hamburg," and — "trans-
lated with the author's sanction by Wilhelm Wagner, Ph. D. , of the
Johanneum Hamburg."
1050 Thacher (James). A Military Journal during the Amer-
ican Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783. With Bio-
graphical Sketches of several General Officers, etc. 8vo,
half russia. Boston, 1823
Scarce and a fine copy.
The English bibliographer Lowndes says this American volume is —
"a partial work." But Thacher was bom in Massachusetts and not in
London.
1051 Thiers (M. A.). History of the French Revolution,
Translated, with Notes and Illustrations, from the most
authentic Sources, by F. Shoberl. With fine engravings on-
steel by Greatbach, after drawings by Raffet. 5 vols.
8vo, calf, gilt, marbled edges, by Nutt and Son.
London, 1838
" This great work deserves to be ranked as the foremost historical
2 §4 ^^^ ParatuM librarV.
production of the age. M. Thiers indeed throws a fascination over
every subject he touches. The translation is a perfect reflex of the
original, and rendered with fidelity and spirit." — United Service
Gazette.
1052 Thomas (Isaiah). The History of Printing in America.
With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of News-
papers. To which is prefixed a Concise View of the Dis-
covery and Progress of the Art in other parts of the World.
By Isaiah Thomas, Printer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Portraits and plates. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt.
Worcester, From, the Press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun., rSio
Very Scarce. " This valuable work, vreitten and published in
advance of the time, met with no favour, and was qu'ckly forgotten.
Shortly after its issue the remainder of the edition was purchased, on a
venture, by the late W. Gowans and an associate, at twenty-five cents
per volume in sheets, and an arrangement made with a bookbinder
to put the stock into boards, the whole of which, with the exception
of a copy that Mr. Gowans had retained for himself, was returned cut
down almost to the head lines; an incident to which Mr. Gowans never
referred without an emphatic expression of indignation." — Menzies's
Catalogue.
So far from this copy being in the condition described above, it is
not only a fine one, but very tall.
1053 [Thomas (Ralph).] Handbook of Fictitious Names : being
a Guide to Authors, chiefly in the Lighter Literature of
the 19th Century, who have written under Assumed Names;
and to Literary Forgers, Impostors, Plagiarists and Imita-
tors. By Olphar Hamst, Esq. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1868
Large paper copy. No. 15 of a limited edition of 25, on thick
paper, and signed by the publisher "J. R. Thomas."
" A zealous and accurate bibliographer." — Allibone.
1054 Thoms. Early English Prose Romances, with Bibliographi-
cal and Historical Introductions. Edited by William J,
Thoms, F.S.A. 3 vols, royal 8vo, half morocco, uncut,
RoxBURGHE STYLE. London, 1858
Large paper, of which only 50 copies were printed of this second
enlarged edition.
"The Waverley Novels of their day." — Retrospective Review.
i°SS Thomson (Richard). Historical Essay on the Magna
Charta of King John, to which are added various Old
Charters, with Translations and Notes. Every page sur-
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rounded by an elegant and differently designed border. Thick
imperial 8vo, tree marble calf gilt, marbled edges.
London, Major, 1829
Large paper and Original Edition. A splendid copy with India
paper proof title, and illustrated with upwards of 600 heraldic and
chivahic devices, 6g cuts of monumental effigies; also seals, emblems,
etc. All within exquisite ornamental borders.
" A book as beautifully and appropriately adorned as it is elaborately
and learnedly compiled." — Southey.
1056 Thornbury (Walter). Haunted London. With illustra-
tions by F. W. Fairholt, F.S.A. Thick 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1865
" When a man is tired of London he is tired of life, for there is in
London all life can afford." — Boswell's Johnson.
1057 Thorpe (B.). Northern Mythology; the Popular Tradi-
tions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany
and the Netherlands, selected and translated. Frontis-
piece. 3 vols, small 8vo, half morocco, gilt top edges, others
uncut, Roxburghe style. London, 1852
Contains also a selection of the principal later popular traditions and
superstitions of the countries above mentioned.
1058 TiCKNOR (George). History of Spanish Literature. [With
Criticisms on particular works and Biographical Notices of
prominent Writers.] 3 vols, royal 8vo, half calf extra
(lacks title to Vol. 2). N. Y., 1849
' ' You have laid the foundations of your work so deep that nothing
can shake it; you have built it up with a care that renders it reliable in
all its parts; and you have finished it with a grace and beauty that
leave nothing to be desired. It is well worth a lifetime to achieve such
a work." — Washington Irving to Ticknor.
1059 [TiGHE (Mrs. Henry).] Psyche; or, the Legend of Love.
32mo, elegantly bound in smooth morocco gilt, edges gilt,
with violet silk ends and with tooled borders.
London, 1805
Large paper, of which only 100 copies were beautifully printed by
Whittingham for presents. With the autograph of the authoress —
"To Lydia White, from her obliged, M. Tighe. Dublin, Jan. 31,
1806."
" The 'Psyche' of Mrs. Tighe has a languid beauty, probably re-
sembling that of her person." — Leigh Hunt.
2 86 THE FARNUM LIBRARY.
ro6o Times (John). Club-Life of London; with Anecdotes of
Clubs, Coffee-houses and Taverns of the Metropolis.
Portraits. 2 vols, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1866
Best edition. Scarce.
' ' Mr. Timbs possesses the rare faculty of clear and accurate con-
densation. " — London Lancet.
io6t Times. Anecdote Lives of the later Wits and Humorists.
2 vols, crown 8vo, cloth. London, 1874
Contains anecdotes of Canning, Capt. Morris, Curran, Coleridge,
Lamb, Charles Mathews, Talleyrand, Jerrold, Rogers, Albert Smith,
Hood, Maginn, Thackeray, Dickens, Poole, Leigh Hunt, Father
Prout, etc.
1062 TiMPERLEY (C. H.). Encyclopaedia of Literary and Typo-
graphical Anecdote; being a Digest of the most interest-
ing Facts illustrative of the History of Literature and
Printing; with Biographical Sketches of Eminent Book-
sellers, Printers, Type-founders, Engravers, Bookbinders
and Paper Makers, of all Ages and Countries. Including
curious particulars of the First Introduction of Printing
and of the Books then printed. Notices of Early Bibles.
A History of all the Newspapers and an Account of the
Origin and Progress of Language, Writing and Writing
Materials, the Invention of Paper, etc. Second edition.
Illustrations. Thick imperial 8vo, calf gilt by Hayday.
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1842
" A reissue called ' Second Edition,' to which is added a continua-
tion to the present time, comprising recent biographies, chiefly of
booksellers, and a practical manual of printing." — Lowndes.
Timperley's work is a comprehensive, instructive and entertaining
omnium gatherum of whatever could be collected from known and
authentic sources. It is one of the most accurate, laborious and volu-
minous compilations ever made, and one to be gratefully remembered
by all students of the History of English Literature and Typography.
The author was in early life a soldier, had gone through many cam-
paigns, had served at Waterloo, and had well earned his pension of
a shilling per diem. He was at one time a bookseller, but had accepted
bills to a large amount, and in order to pay the debts contracted he
consigned his stock to an auctioneer, who, after disposing of it by
auction, ran off with the proceeds. Broken down by misfortune, he
accepted literary employment with Fisher & Jackson, the subscription
book publishers, in whose service he died.
1063 TiscHENDORF (C). When were our Gospels Written ?
i6mo, cloth. N. Y., n. d.
With " A Narrative of the Discovery of the Sinaitic Manuscript."
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1064 TiTE (William, M.P., etc.). Address delivered before
the Society of Antiquaries of London at an Exhibition of
Early Printed Books, to which is subjoined an Address at
an Exhibition of Illuminated Manuscripts. Imperial 8vo,
half morocco, uncut. London, 1862
"Not published," and only a limited edition printed for presenta-
tion, of which this copy has the author's autograph: — " Dr. Markland,
etc., etc., with the Kind Regards of the Author. March, 1862."
1065 TocQUEViLLE (A. dc). Democracy in America. By Alexis
DE TocQUEViLLE. Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq.
Edited with Notes. The Translation Revised and in great
part Rewritten by Francis Bowen. 2 vols, royal 8vo,
cloth, uncut. Cambridge, Sever and Francis, 1864
Large paper. One hundred copies only printed.
" Let me earnestly advise your perusal of M. de Tocqueville's work.
His testimony, as well from actual personal experience, as on account
of freedom from prejudice, is above exception." — Sir Robert Peel.
1066 Todd (Alpheus). Parliamentary Government in the British
Colonies. Thick royal 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1880
The author is the " Librarian of Parliament, Canada."
1067 TooKE (Thomas). History of Prices, and the State of
the Circulation from 1793 to 1839, with a Sketch of the
Corn Trade in the last Two Centuries. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, 1838-40
Very scarce and high-priced, even in Europe.
" Secured for Mr. Tooke » place in the first rank of living eco-
nomists." — Gentleman's Magazine.
1068 ToRREY (Joseph). A Theory on Fine Art. i6mo, cloth.
N. Y., 1874
This author was Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy in
the University of Vermont for forty years.
1069 Trumbull (John). McFingal : An Epic Poem. With
Introduction and Notes, by Benson J. Lossing. Portrait.
Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y., G. P. Putnam, i860
Large paper copy, of which one hundred only were printed.
" A poem which will live as long as Hudibras."— President John
Adams.
1070 TucKERMAN (Henry T.). Book OF THE Artists. Ameri-
can Artist Life, comprising Biographical Sketches of
American Artists, preceded by an Historical Account of
the Rise and Progress of Art in America ; with an Ap-
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pendix, containing an account of notable Pictures and Pri-
vate Collections. Fortrait on India paper. Royal 8vo,
cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1867
Large paper.
" One of the most imaginative and sympathetic of American critics,
and a refined and elegant writer."— Chambers' Literature.
107 1 Turner (J. M. W.). Life of; founded on Letters and
Papers furnished by his Friends and Academicians. By
Walter Thornbury. With illustrations, facsimiles in
colors. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1877
The standard biography of the great modern master of landscape
and color.
1072 Turner (Sharon). History of the Anglo-Saxons, from the
Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest. Seventh (and
enlarged) edition. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, 1852
' ' So much new information was probably never laid before the pub-
lic in any one historical publication." — SOUTHEY.
1073 Tyrwhitt (Rev. R. St. John). Christian Art and Sym-
bolism. With illustrations. i6mo, cloth, top edge gilt.
London, 1872
With — " some hints on the study of landscape."
1074 Tylor (Edward B.). Primitive Culture, Researches into
the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art
and Custom, 2 vols.; also — Researches into the Early His-
tory of Mankind by the same author. Together 3 vols.
8vo, cloth. London, John Murray, 1870-71
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289
^°7S Iwi'^-iF.'i PHAM (Charles W.). Salem Witchcraft; with
an Account of Salem Village, and a History of
Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects.
With maps, plates and facsimiles. 2 vols, im-
perial 8vo, half green morocco, uncut, Roxburghe style.
Boston, 1867
Largest paper. No. 19, and one of 50 copies printed. Wlien
Wiggins and Lunt published this work they announced: — " In addition
to the regular edition, one hundred copies only have been printed on
rich laid-paper, small quarto, uniform with our ' Library of New-En-
gland History,' and will be furnished to subscribers, in paper covers,
at $15 ; also, fifty copies on large paper, royal octavo, price to sub-
scribers, |20."
1076 Ure (Andrew, M.D.). Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures
and Wines. With nearly 1600 wood engravings. 2 vols.
thick 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1853
This celebrated work was the basis of the " Dictionnaire des Arts et
Manufactures." It has been translated into several languages.
U. S. Census, i860 — Agriculture. 4to, half russia.
1077
Washington, 1864
Select Pieces of Early
Principally from Early
1078 (Utterson [Edward Vernon].)
Popular Poetry ; re-published
Printed Copies in the Black Letter. Facsimile block cuts.
2 vols, crown 8vo, half morocco, top edges gilt, others
uncut. London, Wm. Pickering, 1825
Large paper. Limited edition of 250 copies in all. Contents —
Syr Tryamour, Syr Isenbras, Syr Degore, Syr Zowghter, the Hye Way
to the* Spyttel Hous, the Schole House of Women, the Defense of
Women,'the^Proude Wyves of Pater Noster, the Wife lapped in morels
skin and glossary.
290
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1079
ADE MECUM for Malt Worms : or, a Guide
to Good Fellows. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, n. d.
A very limited edition of this reprint,
"Dedicated to the Brewers," and being — "A description of the
manners and customs of the most eminent Publick Houses, in and
about the cities of London and Westminster, with a hint on the props
(or principal customers) of each house in a method so plain that any
thirsty person (of the meanest capacity) may easily find the nearest way
from one house to another."
1080 Vanbrugh (Sir John). Plays. Fine portrait. 2 vols.
i2mo, yellow calf gilt, edges gilt. London, 1776
Best edition. Large paper and extremely scarce.
The language of the " Provoked Wife" in these volumes is very
curious, as it gives the offensive original scenes, and also the new ones
substituted for them, by Vanbrugh, when the play (which came out in
1697) was revised in 1725.
1081 Van Hammer (Chevalier Joseph). History of the Assassins,
derived from Oriental Sources. Crown 8vo, half calf gilt.
London, 1835
Scarce and interesting. Translated from the German by Oswald
Charles Wood, M.D.
1082 Van Santvoord (George). Sketches of the Lives and
Judicial Services of the Chief Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States. Portrait. 8vo, cloth.
N. Y., 1856
This volume contains the lives of John Jay, John Rutledge, Oliver
Ellsworth, John Marshall and Roger B. Taney.
1083 Vaughan (Robert Alfred, B.A.). Hours with the Mystics,
Contribution to the History of Religious Opinion. 2
vols, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, n. d.
" On mystics generally, consult the interesting work of the lamented
Rev, R. A. Vaughan." — Farrar,
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1084 ViARDOT (Louis). Wonders of Sculpture. Illustrated with
62 engravings. 8vo, cloth, gilt, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
London, 1872
1085 Views — " Select Views in England— Proofs." A collection
of 'JO plates of views in England, some of which are proofs.
I vol. 4to, half russia. London, 1804-5
From the Allan Library.
1086 Voltaire. Complete Works of M. de Voltaire. Trans-
lated from the French. With Notes Historical and Criti-
cal. By Smollett, Franklin, and others. Portraits and
numerous plates. 37 vols. i6mo, tree calf, gilt.
T-ondon, 1761-70
Scarce. A nice set, in good condition.
Lowndes asserts that Smollett and Franklin were, for a valuable con-
sideration, induced by the booksellers to suffer their names to appear as
the translators, but they had no farther share in the concern.
' ' This Voltaire is a sort of malignant spirit, who came upon earth
only to embitter the cup of life, and afterwards laugh at our wry
faces. "
1087 Vyse (Col. Howard). Operations at the Pyramids of
GiZEH, in 1837, and account of a Voyage into Upper
Egypt, and an Appendix. 127 maps and plates. 3 vols,
imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, James Fraser, 1840-42
Rare. Large paper. Published at £/i, 4?. The third volume of
this valuable work contains "A Survey of the Pyramids at Abou,
Roash, the Faiyoum, etc., by J. S. Perring.''
292
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ACE. Master Wace, his Chronicle of the Nor-
man Conquest, from the Roman de Rou:
translated with Notes and illustrations by Ed-
gar Taylor, Esq., F.S.A. Numerous illus-
trations. 8vo, calf gilt, edges gilt.
London, William Pickering, 1837
A beautiful copy, very scarce, and of which only 250 were printed.
Master Wace, the early Anglo-Norman poet, was born A. D. 1 112
in the Island of Jersey, and died circa 11 84 in England.
1089 Walker (Alexander). Beauty chiefly illustrated by an
Analysis of Beauty in Woman ; preceded by a Critical
View of the general Hypotheses respecting Beauty, by
Leonardo da Vinci, Mengs, Winckelmann, Hume,
Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, and others. Illus-
trated by 22 beautiful plates, after drawings from life by
H. Howard, by Gauci and Lane. Royal 8vo, green
morocco gilt, edges gilt. London, Effingham Wilson, 1836
Large paper, with India proofs of the plates (some foxed).
Original edition and very scarce.
" In pursuing these most delicate inquiries, Mr. Walker's language
and modes of expression are always calculated to impart knowledge of
the fact or inference which he proposes to communicate, without
awakening any feelings which may disturb the chaste sobriety of philo-
sophical research. " — Birkbeck.
1090 Walker (Francis A.). Money. Thick 8vo, cloth.
N. Y. 1878
This author is Professor of Political Economy and History in the
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College, and Lecturer in Political
Economy in the John Hopkins University.
1091 Walpole (Horace, Earl of Orford). Catalogue of the
Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ire-
land, with a List of their Works ; enlarged and continued
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to the Present Time by Thomas Park. With 150 plates of
portraits. 5 vols. 4to, elegantly bound in smooth purple
morocco gilt extra, with red satin ends and gilt edges
London, John Scott, 1806
Large paper. Very scarce and presentation copy, elegantly
bound.
This new edition is enriched by the tasteful editor with speci-
mens of the performances of each author — a task not contemplated by
the original author. The editor also profited by the assistance of
other highly competent scholars, e. g., Isaac Reed, George Ellis, Sir
Egerton Brydges, R. Gough, etc. The beautiful portraits were
expressly engraved for this book.
" It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole; firstly, because he
was a nobleman; and secondly, because he was a gentleman; but to
say nothing of the composition of his incomparable letters, and of the
Castle of Otranto, he is the " Ultimus Romanorum,'' the author of
the Mysterious Mother, a tragedy of the highest order, and not a pu-
ling love play. He is the father of the first romance, and of the first
tragedy in our language, and surely worthy of a higher place than any
living writer, be he who he may." — Byron.
1092 Walpole and Vertue (George). Anecdotes of Paint-
ing in England, and Catalogue of English Engravers,
with Lives and Notes. Fine impressions of the numerous
beautiful portraits. 5 vols, small 4to, calf, neat.
Strawberry Hill, 1762-71
Very scarce. Rare Strawberry Hill and First Edition.
This fine set comprises the rare fourth volume of Anecdotes,
which was also printed at Strawberry Hill nearly ten years subse-
quently.
1093 Walpole. Anecdotes of Painting in England, with
SOME Accounts of the Principal Artists — and Notes
ON Engravings and other Arts. By Horace Wal-
pole. Finest edition. Numerous steel plates, all proof s on
India paper. 5 vols, royal 8vo, tree marbled calf extra,
full gilt by Riviere. London, 1828
A SUPERB copy of Major's beautiful edition, with India proof
plates. This Is beyond question one of the finest copies ever im-
ported to America. The work is now rare, and the chances of pro-
curing so fine a copy very remote.
" In the good old times of the Bibliomania, this work would have
walked ol its own accord into the mahogany book-cases of half the
collectors in London." — Dibdin.
1094 Walpole. Anecdotes of Painting in England, with
some Account of the Principal English Artists, and Inci-
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dental Notices of Sculptors, Carvers, Enamellers, Archi-
tects, Medallists, etc. Also a Catalogue of Engravers who
have been born or resided in England, with Additions by
the Rev. J. Dallaway, new edition revised, with ad-
ditional Notes by R. N. Wornum. Upwards of 150 por-
traits and plates. 3 vols. 8vo, mottled calf gilt, marbled
edges. London, 1849
"An admirable publication; quite a treasure — beautiful alike in
paper, printing and engraving, and truly excellent in everything which
depended upon the talents and exertions of its editor." — Literary Ga-
zette.
1095 Walpole. Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King
Richard III. Portrait by \^'B.t\!'e.. 4to, calf. Lond., 1768
" The lively and curious acuteness of Walpole." — Gibbon.
1096 Walpole. Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story. With Me-
moir of the Author. Cuts. Post 8vo, yellow calf gilt,
bevelled sides, gilt edges. London, 1840
A beautiful edition of this celebrated story.
"This work was found in the library of an ancient Catholic family
in the North of England, and it was printed at Naples in the black letter
in the year 1529. How much sooner it was written does not appear.
The principal incidents are such as were believed in the darkest ages."
— Preface to the first edition.
1097 Walpole and his Contemporaries. Memoirs of, including
numerous Original Letters chiefly from Strawberry Hill.
By Eliot Warburton. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth,
uncut. London, Colburn, 1852
" Horace Walpole was the last surviving disciple of the School of
St. Evremond, Chaulieu, etc., a tribe of philosophers, who united
study with amusement, and sentiment with vivacity; but in him the .
levity of the French epicureans was invigorated by the masculine
strength of British character." — Wrangham.
1098 Walpole. Memoirs of the Reign of George II. Edited
by Lord Holland. Fine portraits. 3 vols. 8vo, half
calf, gilt. London, 1847
Second edition, revised with the original mottoes.
1099 Walpole. Journal of the Reign of King George the
Third, from the Year 1771 to 1783. Now first published
from the Original MSS. Edited, with Notes, by Dr.
DoRAN. 2 portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt.
London, 1859
" Contains a large amount of very interesting and important informa-
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tion concerning the American Revolution, and is written in Walpole's
liveliest manner. An account of the treason of ' Gen. Arnold, the
butcher's son,' and of the capture and execution of Major Andre will
be found in Vol. II., p. 431. Twenty thousand pounds was the price
of Arnold's treachery."
1 100 Walpole. Entire Correspondence, Chronologically
arranged [with the Prefaces of Croker, Lord Dover and
others, the Notes of all previous Editors, and Additional
Notes]. By Peter Cunningham [with a General In-
dex] . Numerous fine portraits engraved on steel. 9 vols.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1861
Best edition. " Read, if you have not read, all Horace Walpole's
Letters, wherever you can find them ; — the best wit ever published in
the shape of letters." — Sydney Smith.
" Posterity will know more of the manners, fashions, parties, politics,
private anecdotes, gossip, scandal, and general history of the eight-
eenth century, from Walpole's Letters than from all other sources
together." — Quarterly Review.
iioi Walpole. Lord Orford's Reminiscences. Written in
1788, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes
B * * * Y. Vignette portrait on title {foxed). i6mo, calf
gilt. London, 18 18
John Sharpe's elegant little edition.
1102 Walton (Izaak) and Cotton (Charles). Complete
Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation: being
a Discourse of Rivers, Fish Ponds, Fish and Fishing,
written by Izaak Walton; and Instructions how to
Angle for Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream, by
Charles Cotton; with Original Memoirs and Notes by
Sir Harris Nicolas. Portraits, views and engravings
of fish by Stothard and 1nsk.\w— proofs on India paper.
2 vols, imperial Svo, morocco extra, gilt edges.
Very scarce. London, William Pickering, 1836
Large paper and beautiful impressions of the India paper plates.
This is a superb copy of this magnificent Pickering edition. It is,
without doubt, the most beautifully illustrated edition of " Honest
Izaak's '' charming Pastoral ever published. To the late tasteful pub-
lisher, Mr. Pickering, its production was literally a labor of love.
Neither time nor expense were spared to render it worthy of the arts
and the importance of the subject, and the result was a union of lite-
rary and artistic talent which has rarely been equalled and never sur-
passed.
' 'A work the most singular in its kind, breathing the very spirit of
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contentment, of quiet and unaffected philanthropy, and interspersed
with some fine relics of old poetry, songs and ballads." — Bowles.
1 103 Walton and Cotton. The Complete Angler; or, the
Contemplative Man's Recreation of Izaak Walton and
Charles Cotton. Edited by John Major. Numerous
steel engravings on India paper and woodcuts. 8vo, boards,
uncut. Boston, Little, Brown &> Co., 1866
Large paper; 100 copies only printed. The best and handsomest
specimen of printing and illustration ever produced in America.
It was Thomas Flatman, who died in 1672, that wrote of Walton:
" Happy Old Man ! whose worth all mankind knows
Except thyself, — who charitably shows
The ready way to virtue and to praise,
The way to many long and happy days."
1 104 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with their
Lives and Notes by Sir John Hawkins, with numerons
engravings, London, Bagster, 1808 ; — Also — Walton's
Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert, and San-
derson, with Memoir of Isaac Walton, and Illustrative
Notes, by Thomas Zouch, illustrated with steel engravings,
including portraits, facsimiles, views, etc., York, 1796. To-
gether 2 vols, 4to. Uniform half green morocco, uncut.
Large paper, with proof before letter impressions of the numerous
beautiful plates in the " Complete Angler." The edition of Walton's
Lives was printed at York, England, and printed for the London book-
sellers, as well as those of "Old York," viz.: "Wilson, Spence and
Mawman, J. Todd and H. Sotheran, York, Anno 1796. '
1105 Walton and Cotton. The Complete Angler, with Notes,
Biographical and Explanatory, and the Lives of the Authors
[by Major]. Numerous plates and woodcuts [some foxed").
i2mo, half bound. London, Henry Washbourne, 1842
Washbourne's handsome reprint of Major's edition.
1 106 Walton and Cotton. Complete Angler, with Copious
Notes for the Most Part Original, a Bibliographical Pref-
ace, giving an Account of Fishing and Fish-Books and a
Notice of Cotton and His Writings by the American
Editor (Bethune), to which is added an Appendix, etc.,
also a General Index. Profusely illustrated with steel and
wood engravings. Imperial 8vo, cloth.
New York ««(/ London, 1847
Large paper, limited to 50 copies and edited by George W.
Bethune, D.D. With duplicate proof impressions of the numerous
woodcuts.
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1 107 Walton and Cotton, Complete Angler, Pickering's
Miniature Edition, beautifully printed in diamond type,
portraits and woodcuts, London, Pickering, 1825 ;— also
— Walton's Lives, the same edition, portraits, London,
1827. Together 2 vols. 48mo, cloth.
1 108 Wandering Jew. Chronicles selected from the Origi-
nals of Cartaphilus, the Wandering Jew ; embracing a
period of nearly XIX. Centuries ; now first revealed to,
and edited by, David Hoffman. 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth,
gilt tops, uncut edges. London, 1853-4
Very scarce, and printed at the Chiswick Press ' ' These two
volumes are all that were given to the world of a work which was to
have been extended to six volumes." — Allibone.
1 109 Warwick (Eden). The Poets Pleasaunce: a collection of
Poetical Extracts from the Old and Modern Poets, relating
to Flowers. Every page surrounded by beautiful floriated
•woodcut borders, besides other splendid wood engravings.
Thick square 8vo, morocco bevelled sides, gilt edges.
London, 1847
This beautiful volume was compiled by G. Jabet, of Birmingham,
who assumed the nom-de-plume of " Eden Warwick." He also wrote
a volume entitled ' ' Nasology ; or, Hints toward a Classification of
Noses."
1 1 10 Washington (George). The Writings of George Wash-
ington ; being his Correspondence, Addresses, Messages,
and other Papers, Official and Private, selected and pub-
lished from the Original Manuscripts, with a Life of the
Author, Notes and Illustrations. By Jared Sparks.
Portraits, plates, facsimiles, ete. 12 vols, imperial 8vo,
cloth. Boston, Ferdinand Andrews, 1839
A desirable Large paper copy. Very scarce, with some origi-
nal Washington manuscript inserted, and which was presented to its
late owner by Jared Sparks.
The Fowle copy, cut, brought $300.
Uniform with the works of Adams, Franklin, Webster and Ban-
croft, etc.
" Aside from its intrinsic value and interest, as the production of the
greatest and noblest hero whom the world has yet known, and to whom
our country owes its existence, it is the most copious and by far the
most reliable source for a history of the Revolution," — Courier and
Enquirer.
' The literature of the Revolution was bold, direct, and without affec-
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tation. If you take the orders and proclamations of Washington, the
letters written by him in the exigencies of the moment, there will be
found that strength and felicity of expression that is supposed to be
the oflspring of care and leisure." — Chambers.
11 1 1 Washington. Life, compiled under the inspection of the
Honorable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers,
etc., by John Marshall, 4 vols. With portraits, and the
maps in separate \to volume. Together 5 vols, calf (4)>
and half sheep (i). Phila., 1805-7
With the list of subscribers and maps frequently wanting.
" Marshall and Sparks are very accurate. Whoever will read the
' Life' by Marshall and ' Correspondence' (Writings) by Sparks will
have a good idea of Washington. "■ — ^Washington Irving.
" It is a book that contains original information and should be read.
It is chiefly compiled from Washington's correspondence, andv a Ufe of
Washington is of course a history of the American war." — Prof.
Smyth.
1 1 12 Washington. Memoirs of the Administrations of
Washington and John Adams, edited from the Papers
of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury, by
George Gibbs. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth.
N. Y.jfor the subscribers, 1846
George Gibbs was the grandson of Oliver Wolcott. President King
said that the above is "of inestimable value for its authentic ma-
terials."
1 1 13 Washington's Political Legacies. To which is Annexed
an Appendix, containing an Account of his Illness, Death,
and the National Tributes of Respect paid to his Memory,
with a Biographical Outline of his Life and Character. 8vo,
sheep (water-stained).
'Ronton, John Jiussell and John West, 1800
Contains 14 pages of the names of subscribers.
11 14 Washington. Home of Washington and its Associ-
ations: Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial. By B. J.
LossiNG. Numerous illustrations by Lossing and Barrett.
4to, cloth, uncut. N, Y., W. A. Townsend, 1865
Large paper and limited to 100 copies.
1 1 15 Washington. Correspondence of the American Revo-
lution ; being Letters of Eminent Men to George
Washington from the Time of His Taking Command of
the Army to the End of his Presidency. Edited from
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the Original Manuscripts by Jared Sparks. 4 vols.
4to, cloth. Boston, Little, Brown 6- Co., 1853
Large paper. Only a very limited number printed These vol-
umes contain a selection of about 1,000 letters (from about 190 writers)
from several thousands not used in the Notes and Appendix to the
Writings of Washington. The two collections should stand side by
side on the shelf of the American historical library.
1 1 16 Washington. Facsimile of his Account with the United
States from 1775 to 1783, as Written by Himself. Vignette
portrait and 66 pages of facsimile. Folio, half morocco,
cloth sides. Brooklyn, 1857
1117 Watt (R.). Bibliotheca Britannica; or General Index
to British and Foreign Literature. 4 vols. 4to, half russia,
gilt. Edinburgh, 1824
A work of great practical utility, from which later bibliographers
have stolen most unmercifully without acknowledgment, like most of
their modern sucQessors who ape originality in this plagiaristic trade
and pseudo-profession. Watt's work consists of two divisions, in the
first of which the books are ranged alphabetically, under the names of
M«V Authors; and in the second the same materials are digested
under the names of their several subjects.
Notwithstanding its imperfections, it is the most complete work of
the kind ever published except AUibone, which is confined to English
writers. It was the fruit of twenty years of unremitting toil and
study. Only a few of its sheets had been printed off when the author
died, in i8lg.
1118 Watts (Alaric A.). Lyrics of the Heart; with other
Poems. 41 engravings on steel. 8vo, morocco extra,
bevelled sides, gilt edges. London, 185 1
Choice copy, of which only fifty copies as above were issued,
with MARKED proof IMPRESSIONS of the beautiful engravings by
Greatbach, Engleheart, Rolls, etc., after designs by Stothard, Leslie,
Sir Thomas Lawrence, Stanfield, Roberts, and other eminent artists.
" There is no living author to whom British art is so much indebted
as to Mr. Alaric Watts." — Art foumal.
11 19 Watts (Isaac, D.D.). Divine and Moral Songs for the
Use of Children. 30 illustrations. 8vo, cloth, red edges.
London, 1850
The beautiful illustrations in this volume were drawn on wood by
C. W. Cope, A.R.A. , and engraved by John Thompson.
"Almost the inventor of hymns in our langirage. " — Montgomery.
1120 Weber (H.). Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Four-
teenth and Fifteenth Centuries: published from Ancient
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Manuscripts. With an Introduction, Notes, and a Glos-
sary. By Henry Weber, Esq. 3 vols, small 8vo, half
russia gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut.
Edinburgh, Constable Sr Co., 1810
Scarce. This collection forms a desirable sequel to those of Rit-
son, Percy and Ellis.
This copy is from the library of Dr. Bliss, with MS. notes by him.
It has inserted several leaves of additional matter. " The collection
formed by the late industrious and accurate Mr. Weber."— Walter
Scott.
1 1 20 Webster (Daniel). The Works of Daniel Webster.
Portrait and view. 6 vols, imperial 8vo, cloth.
Boston, Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851
Large paper. Fifty copies only printed, with newspaper cuttings.
Uniform with the following lot, together with which it forms a
SPLENDID and COMPLETE SET of the writings of Daniel Webster, rang-
ing in size with the works of Adams, Franklin, Washington and
Bancroft, etc.
1 12 1 Webster. — The Private Correspondence of Daniel Web-
ster. Edited by Fletcher Webster. Two portraits. 2
vols, imperial 8vo, cloth.
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1857
Large paper. Only 50 copies printed.
' ' To test Webster's oratory, which has ever been very attractive to
me, I read a portion of my favorite speeches of Demosthenes, and then
read — always aloud — parts of Webster ; then returned to the Athenian;
and Webster stood the test." — Francis Lieber.
1122 Webster (John). Dramatic Works, Edited, with Notes,
etc., by Wm. Hazlitt. 4 vols, crown 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1857
Scarce. Large paper, and only 100 copies printed.
' ' An Author that liv'd in the Reign of King James the First and
was in those Days accounted an Excellent Poet. He joyn'd with
Decker, Marston, and Rowley in several Plays and was likewise author
of others, which have even in our Agegain'd Applause." — Langbaine.
1 1 23 Webster. The Same. Now First Collected with some
account of the Author and Notes by the Rev. Alexander
Dyce, B.A. 4 vols, crown 8vo, elegant tree marble calf,
gilt. London, William Pickering, 1830
Scarce and a beautiful copy. It contains the extremely scarce
Supplement printed in 1838 and generally wanting.
11 24 Wedgwood (Josiah). Life of, from his Private Corres-
pondence and Family Papers, and other Original Sources,
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by Eliza Meteyard. Profusely illustrated by beautiful en-
gravings. 2 vols. 8vo, gilt cloth, bevelled sides, uncut.
London, 1865
Splendidly illustrated with a profusion of woodcuts. Very interesting
and valuable.
" A very accurate and valuable book. To give their fullest value to
the engravings of works of art which largely enrich the volumes, the
biography has been made by its publishers a choice specimen of their
own art as book-makers. Neither care nor cost has been grudged. It
is one of the handsomest books ever published. " — Examiner.
1125 Wellington (Duke of). Life of, by W, H. Maxwell.
With plans of battles, illustrations on wood, and numerous
highly-finished portraits and engravings on steel. 3 vols,
royal 8vo, elegantly bound in green morocco extra, gilt
edges. London, 1839
A VERY FINE LARGE PAPER copy with proof impressions of the
plates on India paper. It is printed on heavy paper.
' ' In our opinion it has no rival among similar publications of the
day." — London Times.
1126 Wesley (John) and the Evangelical Reaction of the
Eighteenth Century. By Julia Wedgwood. Crown
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1870
11 27 Westcott (Brooke Foss, D.D.). A General View of the
English Bible. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1872
Second edition, revised.
1128 Westwood, J. O., M.A.). Miniatures and Ornaments of
Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts. Illustrated in a series
of ^4 superb plates, most elaborately executed in exact fac-
simile of the originals in gold and colours — drawn on stone
by W. R. Tyman, and chromo lithographed by Day and Son.
With a Descriptive Text to each Plate, serving as a His-
tory of British Palaeography and Pictorial Art. Imperial
folio, cloth, uncut. London, QuaritcA, 1868
The entire edition of this valuable work was limited to 200 copies,
and the stones were then destroyed. The price to subscribers was
^17 ITS. and to non-subscribers £21.. This is one of the most sump-
tuous works ever executed and illustrates a phase of art unique and
absolutely wonderful.
' ' To most persons this ' dark age ' (i. c , from the Roman Occupation
of England to the Norman Conquest), as it has been termed, will
scarcely be supposed capable of affording materials for such a history;
and indeed, with the exception of a very few examples given by Strutt,
Astle, and Shaw, no opportunity has been afforded to the public of
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judging of the marvellous beauty and excessive intricacy of the orna-
mentation and designs of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts,
until the publication of my ' Palasographia Sacra Pictoria,' in which I
devoted many plates to these marvels of art. The study of these Manu-
scripts has, indeed, brought out the singular fact that, at a period when
the fine arts may be said to have been almost extinct in Italy and other
parts of the Continent — namely, from the fifth to the end of the eighth
century — a style of art has been established, cultivated, and brought to
a wonderful state of perfection in these islands, absolutely distinct
from that of all other parts of the civilized world, and which was
adopted and imitated in the schools founded on the Continent by
Charlemagne, as well as in the monastic establishments founded or vis-
ited by Anglo-Saxon and Irish missionaries, many of which subse-
quently became the most famous seats of learning." — Westvi^ood.
1129 Westwood. PALiEOGRAPHiA Sacra Pictoria : a Series
of Illustrations of the Ancient Versions of the Bible, copied
from Illuminated Manuscripts executed between the
Fourth and Sixteenth Centuries. 50 beautiful plates in
GOLD, silver, and colors, painted under the direction of
Owen Jones. Royal 4to, half morocco, top edge gilt.
London, William Smith, 1845
Very clean and fine original copy of this splendid work. The
coloring of the plates is- greatly superior to that of the reissue of this
work by Bohn. This edition is VERY SCARCE.
1 130 Warton (Thomas). History of English Poetry, with
Dissertations ; and numerous Additional Notes by Ritson,
Dr. Ashby, Douce, Park, etc. Superintended by the late
Richard Price from the edition of 1824, and now further
improved by the Corrections and Additions of several
Eminent Antiquaries. Portrait. 4 vols. 8vo, tree calf
extra, marbled edges, by Riviere. London, 1840
Best edition; scarce.
' ' A most curious, valuable, and interesting history. " — Lowndes.
1131 Wheaton (Henry). History of the Northmen; or, Danes
and Normans. 8vo, half morocco, cloth sides.
Phila., 1 83 1
Very scarce. ' ' Evincing throughout the enthusiasm of an anti-
quarian, the liberality of a scholar, and the enlightened toleration of
a citizen of the world." — Washington Irving.
11 32 Whewell (WiHiam). History of the Inductive Sciences
from the Earliest to the Present Times, 3 vols., and Phil-
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osophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon their
History, 2 vols. Together 5 vols, boards, uncut.
London, Parker, 1837-40
" The ablest historian of natural science." — Richard Owen.
" We earnestly recommend it to our readers." — Edinburgh Review.
"Mr. Whewell's learned work on the History of the Inductive
Sciences." — Lord Brougham.
1 133 White (Rev. Gilbert). Natural History and Antiqui-
ties of Selborne; with the Naturalists' Calendar; and
Miscellaneous Observations Extracted from his Papers.
A New Edition with Notes by Edward Turner Bennett
and others. Numerous highly-finished woodcuts by Yi.k'&'^-£.\,
T. Bewick, etc. 8vo, calf extra, gilt edges by Hayday.
London, [1837]
Scarce. A beautiful copy printed at the Chiswick Press, by C.
Whittingham .
' ' Who can read without the most exquisite delight White's ' History
of Selborne.' " — Blackwood's Magazine.
1 134 White (Rev. James). History of France, from the Earliest
Times to 1848. Royal 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1859
Lord Brougham presented this eminent author to a good church
living in Suffolk, which he gave up to devote himself to literary pur-
suits.
113s Whitelocke. Memoirs Biographical and Historical of
BuLSTRODE Whitelocke, Lord Commissioner of the High
Seal and Ambassador at the Court of Sweden at the Period
of the Commonwealth. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, i860
A very valuable and interesting piece of history. The conversations
of the author with Cromwell and the Swedish authorities are highly
curious, and are reported in an easy, life-like style.
1 1 36 Whitman (Walt). Leaves of Grass. Portrait. lamo,
cloth. Boston, 1860-61
A greatly enlarged edition. ' ' Mr. O'Connor's pamphlet [ubi supra)
' boldly pits Walt Whitman not only against all the poets of the day,
but demands for him place and rank beside the great masters,
vEschylus, Homer, Dante and Shakespeare.' It proclaims him the
inspired bard and inspired prophet of his era." — Allibone.
1137 Whitman (Sarah Helen). Hours of Life, and other Poems.
i2mo, cloth. Providence, 1853
Containing poems not in the next edition.
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1 138 Whittier (John Greenleaf). Poems, i.e. :
I. Whittier. Maud MuUer. With illustrations by W. J.
Hennessy. Boston, 1867
II. Whittier. Snow-Bound, a Winter Idyl. With illustra-
tions. Boston, 1868
With inserted letter from W. J. Hennessy, the artist.
III. Whittier. Ballads of New England. With illustra-
tions. Boston, 1870
Together 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt, bevelled sides, gilt
EDGES. Boston, 1867-70
" His poetry bursts from the soul with the fire and energy of an
ancient prophet. And his noble simplicity of character is the delight
of all who know him." — William Ellery Channing.
1 139 Whole Duty of Man laid down in a Plain and Familiar
Way for the Use of All, but especially the Meanest Reader,
with Private Devotions for Several Occasions. A New
Edition, with Preface by Hawkins. Illustrated title.
i2mo, cloth, uncut. London, Wm. Pickering, 1842
Printed by Charles Whittingham, Chiswick.
Allibone says that the question of who was the writer of the " Whole
Duty of Man," like the authorship of the " Icon Basilike," and of the
" Letters of Junius," may still be considered an open one. He quotes
Isaac Disraeli : " The author still remains undiscovered. Millions of
his books have been dispersed in the Christian world. "
1 140 Wightwick (G.). Palace of Architecture ; a Romance
of Art and History, with Glossary, a Popular Introduction
to all the varieties of Architecture, Ancient and Modern.
With numerous fine engravings. 4to, cloth, uncut.
London, James Fraser, 1840
Large paper, uncut. This handsome volume is illustrated with
67 page-plates and 143 wood engravings.
1 141 Wilkes (C.). Narrative of the United States Exploring
Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841 and
1842. By Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., Commander of the
Expedition. Illustrated with 64 large and highly- finished
line engravings, comprising scenery, portraits, manners, cus-
toms, etc.; 47 large and fine vignettes engraved on steel ; 248
choice engravings on wood, and 9 tnaps. 6 vols. 4to, cloth,
uncut. Phila., Lea b' Blaruhard, 1845
A Large paper, and original subscriber's copy. This great
and truly national work will compare favorably with the best En-
glish editions of similar works.
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1 142 Wilkinson (Sir G-)- Ancient Egyptians, the Manners and
Customs of. Both series complete. With numerous
engravings, many of which are colored. 6 vols. 8vo, calf
extra, gilt leaves. London, 1837-41
Best edition, very fine copy, and very scarce. With all the plates.
" Indefatigable in research, full of learning, accurate in facts. Sir
Gardiner Wilkinson has at the same time treated his subject with the
enthusiasm of genius and liveliness of poetry."
1 143 Williams (Roger, of Providence in New England"). Ex-
periments of Spirituall Life and Health and their Preserv-
atives, in which the Weakest Child of God may get Assur-
ance of his Spiritual Life and Blessednesse, and the
Strayed may finde proportionable Discoveries of his Chris-
tian Growth and the Means of It. 4to, boards.
London, 1652
Only a limited edition of this facsimile reprint was published, with
a four-page preface by " F. W.," and dated " Providence, December
1st, 1862." With inserted view of memorial monument to Roger
Williams.
1 144 Williams. Life of Roger Williams, the Earliest Legis-
lator and True Champion for a Full and Absolute Liberty
of Conscience. By Romeo Elton, D D., etc. i6mo, cloth.
Providence, 1853
"The ever- venerated Roger Williams, the great champion of toler-
ation." — Archbishop Whately.
1 145 Willis (George, late of the firm of Willis and Sotheran).
Current Notes. For years 1851 to 1857, inclusive. 7
vols, in 2, 4to, half morocco, top edge gilt.
London, G. Willis, 1851-57
This valuable magazine mainly consists of articles on Antiquities,
Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural His-
tory, Topography, etc. , selected from original letters and documents
addressed to the editor, who was a man of considerable literary attain-
ments—see AUibone's "Dictionary of Authors," article "George
Willis," p. 2756. It contains many unpublished letters of Sir W.
Scott, Coleridge, Byron, Theodore Hook, etc., and an immense num-
ber of curious inedited articles on Literature and Antiquities by
eminent literary men. George Willis was at one time a partner of
Henry Sotheran, of London, the compiler's uncle and the head of the
' large publishing and bibliopolistic firm of Henry Sotheran and Co.,
of London and Manchester, England. In No. XL., p. 32, Mr. Willis
makes the following allusion to Lawrence Sterne's Library in con-
nection with his partner's great-uncle, Henry Sotheran : — "No sooner
was he [Sterne] dead than his widow, to raise means, sold his books
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to Todd and Sotheran, booksellers at York, and their shop catalogue,
printed in 1768, ostentatiously announced in the title, it contained
'the library of Lawrence Sterne, M.A., Prebendary of York, and
author of ' Tristram Shandy.' " This Henry Sotheran was a son of
the Lord of the Manor of Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire — vide Joseph Fos-
ter's "County Families of Yorkshire" — and was the father of the
Henry Sotheran of York who is given in AUibone's valuable work as
the author of a work on that city published in 1796. — C. S.
1146 Willis, N. P. American Scenery. Illustrated in a Series
of Views by W. H. Bartlett {some foxed). 4to, half mo-
rocco gilt, cloth sides, gilt edges.
London, George Virtue, n. d.
Early impressions of the picturesque plates.
1147 Wilson (James). The Rod and the Gun: being Two
Treatises on Angling and Shooting. Plates and cuts (some
foxed). i2mo, cloth, uncut. Edinburgh, 1841
This work was written by James Wilson, F. R.S.E., and by the
author of " The Oakleigh Shooting Code."
1 148 Wilson (R. A.). A New History of the Conquest of Mexico,
in which Las Casas's Denunciation of the popular Histo-
rians of that War are fully Vindicated. Illustrated. Royal
Svo, cloth. Phila., 1859
' ' This work, written with zeal which often degenerates into vehe-
mence, is an arraignment of the Spanish historians, from whom all the
current notions of the Spanish invaders have been acquired." — Field.
1 149 Wilson (Prof.). Works. Edited by his Son-in-law, Prof.
Ferrier. 12 vols, crown Svo, half calf gilt, contents
lettered. Edinburgh, 1855-58
Comprises : Noctes Ainbrosianse, 4 vols. ; Essays, 4 vols. ; Recrea-
tions of Christopher North, 2 vols. ; Tales, i vol. ; Poems, i vol.
' ' It (the Noctes) is a most singular and delightful outpouring of
criticism, politics and description of feeling, character and scenery, of
verse and prose, and maudlin eloquence, and especially of wild fun. It
breathes the very essence of the BacchanaUan revel of clever men.
And its Scotch is the very best Scotch that has been vmtten in modern
times." — Lord Cockburn.
1 150 WiLLOUGHBY (Lady). Diaries. Both Series. With two coats
of arms and splendidly printed with large antique type, on thick
paper by C. Whittingham. 2 vols. 4to, tree marbled calf
extra, marbled edges. London, 1844-48
Large paper and very scarce in this size.
These curious Diaries, which were written by Hannah Mary Rath-
bone, illustrate the Domestic History and the eventful and stirring
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periods of the Reign of Charles I., the Commonwealth and the Restor-
ation.
" A work of Fiction of great interest and of great beauty." — Hood's
Magazine.
1151 WiNCKELMANN (John). History of Ancient Art, translated
from the German, by G. Henry Lodge, with the Life of
WiNCKELMANN by the Editor. Steel portrait and plates.
Vols. I and 2. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Boston, 1849-56
Large paper. " Winckelmann has pointed out the true source of
the study of antiquity, which is the knowledge of art, and which no
writer had before successfully accomplished. " — Chalmers.
1152 WiNCKELMANN. The Same. 4 vols, in 2. Portrait and
plates. 8vo, cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Boston, 1880
1153 Windham (Rt. Hon. William). Speeches in Parliament;
with Life by Amyot. Portrait. 3 vols. 8vo, calf, gilt,
marbled edges. London, 1812
With inserted autograph of WiNDHAM, whom Macaulay called —
" the finest gentleman of the age," and Lord Jeffrey styled — " the most
high-minded and incorruptible of living men."
1 154 WiNSOR (Justin). The Memorial History of Boston, in-
cluding Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880. Edited
by Justin Winsor, Librarian of Harvard University.
Issued under the Superintendence of the Projector. Pro-
fusely illustrated with plates and wood engravings of por-
traits and views, facsimiles, maps, etc. 4 vols, 4to, fresh half
morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut.
Boston, James R. Osgood, 1881
Subscriber's copy. "The scheme of this history originated with
Mr. Clarence F. Jewett, who, towards the end of December, 1879,
entrusted the further development of the plan to the Editor (Mr Justin
Winsor). On the third of January following, about thirty gentlemen
met upon invitation to give countenance to the undertaking, and at this
meeting a committee was appointed to advise with the Editor during
the progress of the work. This committee consisted of the Rev.
Edward E. Hale, D.D., Samuel A. Green, M.D., and Charles Deane,
LL.D."— Fi!,& Preface.
1 155 WiNTHROP (John). New England and Life and Let-
ters, i. e.: —
I. WiNTHROP. The History of New England from 1630
to 1849, by John Winthrop, from his Original Manu-
scripts. With Notes to illustrate the Civil and Ecclesias-
tical Concerns, the Geography, Settlement and Institu-
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tions of the Country, and the Lives and Manners of the
Principal Planters, by James Savage. Portrait. 2 vols.
Boston, Little, Brown dr" Co., 1853
A new edition, with additions and corrections by the former editor.
II. WiNTHROP. Life and Letters of John Winthrop,
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Company at their Emi-
gration to New England in 1630. By Robert C. Win-
throp. Portrait. Boston, Ticknor &= Fields, 1864
Together 3 vols, royal Svo, uniform boards, uncut.
Boston, 1854-64
"The elder Winthrop has left an imperishable monument in his an-
nals, and the laborious and learned annotations of Mr. Savage have
rendered that work, as published in 1825-6, and still more in the new
edition of 1853, a complete storehouse of our early New England his-
tory."
1156 Withers (George). Hymns and Songs of the Church and
Hallelujah. Portraits. 2 vols, post Svo, cloth, uncut.
London, John Russell Smith, 1856-57
Withers was committed to the Marshalsea for writing some spirited
satires. He continued in prison for several months, and where he com-
posed some of his best works; among others his "Shepherd's Hunt-
ing."
1157 [WoLCOTT (John, M.D., Peter Pindar)^ The Works of
Peter Pindar, Esq., to which are prefixed Memoirs of
the Author's Life, with Copious Index. Fine portrait by
Heath {foxed). 5 vols. 8vo, calf gilt. London, 181 2
Best edition of Peter Pindar, whom Scott called — " the most un-
sparing calumniator of his age," and who was described by Giflord as —
*' A bloated mass, a gross, blood-boltered clod,
A foe to man, a renegade from God,
From noxious childhood to pernicious age,
Separate to infamy in every stage."
1 158 WoLSEY (Cardinal). Life of, by George Cavendish, with
Notes and Illustrations by S. W. Singer. Portraits and
plates by Scriven. 2 vols. 8vo, polished calf extra, marbled
edges, by Riviere.
Chiswick, from the Press of C. Whittingham, 1825
Very Scarce. First and best edition. Cavendish was Wolsey's
gentleman usher.
1 159 WooLSEY (Theodore D.). Introduction to the Study of
International Law. Crown Svo, cloth. N. Y., 1877
Designed as an aid in teaching and in historical studies.
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1 160 Wood (Anthony k) Athene Oxonienses: an exact His-
tory of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their
education in the University of Oxford; to which are added
the Fasti, or Annals of the said University; new edition
with additions, and a Continuation by Dr. P. Bliss. 4
vols, royal 4to, calf gilt. London, 1813-20
A fine copy. "Anthony has sallies at times to which a dull man
could not be subject; without the ardor of this hermit of literature,
where would be our literary history." — Isaac D'Israeli.
Dr. Bliss has added so much to this valuable work that it is doubled
in interest and value. It is now very scarce. No copy has occurred
for sale, during many years.
"All hail to thee, old Anthony i Wood! May the remembrance of
thy researches, amidst thy paper and parchment documents, stored up
in chests, pews, and desks, and upon which, alas! the moth was ' feed-
ing sweetly ' — may the remembrance of these, thy laborious researches,
always excite sensations of gratitude towards the spirit by which they
were directed! "
His diction he himself describes as — " an honest plain English dress,
without flourishes or affectation of style, as best becomes a history of
truth and matter of fact." It is the first (work) of its nature that has
ever been printed in our own, or any other, mother-tongue.
116 1 Woodburn's Gallery of Rare Portraits. 200 fine original
portraits of celebrated English Personages, engraved by Els-
TRAKE, Faithorne, Loggan, Hollar, White, etc. 2
vols, folio, red morocco extra, gilt edges. London, 1816
Large paper, and published at twenty guineas. This valuable and
extensive collection is important for illustrating Granger, Clarendon,
Burnet, Pennant, and other historical writers.
1162 Wood Engravings. — A collection of nearly 800
WOOD-ENGRAVINGS OF THE CHOICEST VARIETY BY THE
BEST MASTERS OF THE ART OF WOOD-ENGRAVING, IN-
CLUDING Anderson, Bewick, Geibitz, etc., among the
MODERN ARTISTS ALSO RARE EARLY GERMAN WOOD-
ENGRAVINGS BY DURER, BURGKMAIR AND OTHER ME-
DIAEVAL ARTISTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE PROOFS AND MANY
ARE ON India paper. They embrace all kinds of
SUBJECTS and soMe ARE COLORED. Thick folio, russia,
gilt (one cover nearly loose).
A VERY REMARKABLE, VALUABLE, and INTERESTING UNIQUE COL-
LECTION, giving examples of the works of the best-known engravers on
wood and being an extraordinary selection suitable for the study
of the history of the art.
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1 1 63 [Woodward (W. E.).J Records of Salem Witchcraft,
Copied from the Original Documents. 2 vols., 4to, half
morocco, uncut.' Roxbury, Mass., 1864
No. 84 of limited — " edition 215 copies, of which 15 are on large
paper."
1 164 Worcester. Life, Times, and Scientific Labors of the
Marquis or Worcester, to which is added a Reprint of
his Century of Inventions, with a Commentary thereon, by
Henry Dircks, Civil Engineer, etc. Illustrated with fine
portraits and numerous wood engravings. India Proofs
before the letters of the portraits. 4to, half morocco, gilt,
top edge gilt, others uncut. London, Quaritch, 1865
Large paper, and only 30 copies printed. The Marquis of Wor-
cester was one of the most prominent historical characters among the
adherents of Charles I., and at the same time the greatest engineer of
his age.
The Marquis of Worcester's ' ' Century of Inventions " has been for
200 years an English household book ; but, in spite of the many edi-
tions, it has always been difficult to obtain a copy. In the above vol-
ume the '^ Century of Inventions" is reprinted in facsimile from the
first edition, with a running commentary.
1 165 Wordsworth (Christopher). Greece ; Pictorial, De-
scriptive, AND Historical ; and a History of the Char-
acteristics of Greek Art by George Scharf, F.S.A.
Profusely illustrated, upwards of three hundred and fifty
engravings on wood and twenty-eight on steel, by Fielding,
Creswick, Harvey, Paul, Huet, Daubigny, etc., etc.
4to, calf extra, gilt edges. London, 1840
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION With PROOF BEFORE LETTERS
IMPRESSIONS of the very beautiful plates.
"A standard work of Hellenic lore."
ri66 WoRNUM (R. N.). Epochs of Painting; a Biographical
and Critical Essay on Painting and Painters. With 40 en-
gravings. Thick 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1864
" The writer of this book may fairly say that he has produced an
opus magnum. It is crammed with matter, judicious in method and
punctilious in detail." — London Reader.
1 167 Worth (Gorham A.). Random Recollections of Albany,
from 1800 to 1808. Third edition with Notes by the Pub-
lisher. Portraits and views. 4to, sewed, uncut.
Albany, Munsell, 1866
Large paper, and of which only a limited edition was printed.
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1 168 Wraxall (Sir N.William, ^d!/-/'.). Historical Memoirs of his
Own Time, 1772-84. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, calf gilt,
marbled edges. London, 1815
Very scarce. First edition of this most amusing and curious
work, which was suppressed, containing particulars for which the
author was prosecuted, which were omitted in the second edition. It is
full of the most amusing anecdotes of the celebrities of the last century.
1169 Wright (Thomas, F.S.A.). Caricature History of the
Georges, or Annals of the House of Hanover, compiled
from the Squibs, Broadsides, Window Pictures, Lampoons
and Pictorial Caricatures of the Time. With nearly 400
illustrations on steel and wood— front, colored. 4to, half mor.,
Roxburghe style, gilt top edge, others uncut. London, n. d.
Large paper edition of loo copies only, with additional portraits
of James Gillray, the caricaturist, and .Pitt, Earl of Chatham.
" Emphatically one of the liveliest of books, as also one of the most
interesting. Has the twofold merit of being at once amusing and
edifying. " — Morning Post.
1 170 Wright. England under the House of Hanover:
its History and Condition during the Reign of the Three
Georges. Illustrated from the Caricatures and Satires of
the day, engraved on wood by T. W. Fairholt. 2 vols.
8vo, cloth, uncut. London, Bentley, 1848
The original edition of this work, since reissued under the title of
"Caricature History of the Georges," and is now very scarce. It
abounds in curious and valuable information.
1 17 1 Wright. Womankind in Western Europe, from the
Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century. Illustrated
by \x chromo-lithographic plates and numerous highly- finished
woodcuts. Small 4to, cloth, bevelled sides, gilt edges.
London, 1869
" The volume is quite an encyclopaedia on a special subject."
' ' An elaborate and careful summary of all that one of our most
learned antiquaries, after years of pleasant labor on a very pleasant
subject, has been able to learn as to the condition of women from the
earliest period. " — London Times.
1 1 72 Wright. Biographia Britannica Litteraria, or Biography of
Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland, in Chro-
nological Order. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. 1842-6
This valuable work, which comprehends the Anglo-Saxon and the
Anglo-Norman periods, was published under the superintendence of
the Council of the Royal Society of Literature.
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1 173 Wright. History of Caricature and Grotesque in
Literature and Art. Handsomely printed, and illustrated
with engravings on wood, drawn and engraved by F. W.
Fairholt. Square 8vo, cloth, bevelled sides, red edges.
London, 1865
"A learned, entertaining and instructive book." — London Art
Journal.
1 174 Wright. Narratives of Sorcery and Magic, from the
most Authentic Sources. 2 vols, crown Bvo, half red calf.
London, 1851
' ' This is one of the pleasantest books about witchcraft that we have
ever read." — London Athenaum.
1 1 75 Wright. History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in
England during the Middle Ages. With illustrations from
contemporary illuminations drawn and engraved by F. W.
Fairholt. 4to, cloth, uncut.
London. Chapman &= Hall, 1862
' ' This book is one which is indispensable for an historical or archaeo-
logical library. " — London Saturday Review.
1 1 76 Wright. Black Letter Series, viz.: —
I. The Turnament of Totenham and the Fees — two early
Ballads Printed from a Manuscript preserved in the Pub-
lic Library in the University of Cambridge.
IL The Nutbrowne Maid, from the earHest edition of
Arnold's Chronicle.
III. Songs and Carols, printed from a Manuscript in the
Sloane Collection in the British Museum.
IV. The Tale of the Basyn, and the Frere and the Boy.
Two early Tales of Magic, printed from Manuscripts pre-
served in the Public Library of the University of Cam-
bridge.
Together 4 vols, with prefaces by Thomas Wright
and vignettes. 32MO, half morocco, uncut, Rox-
burghe style. London, William Pickering, 1836
Extremely scarce. Elegantly printed in black letter by Whit-
tingham, at the Chiswick Press. It is asserted in the Fowle Catalogue
that only lOO copies of these beautiful little volumes were printed.
1 177 Wright (Thomas) ««</ Halliwell (James Orchard) Reli-
quise Antiquae — Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts, illus-
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trating chiefly Early English Literature and the English
Language. 2 vols, 8vo, half calf.
London, Wm. Pickering, 1841
' ' An immense mass of varied and curious materials for the history
of our language and literature." — Archaologist.
1 1 78 Wycherly (William). Dramatic Works. i2mo, yellow
calf gilt, edges gilt. I,ondon, 1768
" As long as men are false and women vain,
Whilst gold continues to be Virtue's bane,
In pointed satire Wycherley shall reign."— Evelyn.
1 179 Wynne (James, M.D.). Private Libraries of New York.
With a plate of interior of Mr. Noyes's Library. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. N. Y., i860
With MS. letter inserted from the distinguished bibliophile, Charles
W. Frederickson, Esq. , of New York.
Among the principal libraries mentioned in this work are those of
John Allan, George Bancroft, Thomas P. Barton, J. Carson Brevoort,
Rev. Dr. Chapin, Almon W. Griswold, William Menzies, William
Curtis Noyes, Dr. Purple, George T. Strong, R. L. Stuart, and Rich-
ard Grant White.
314
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1 1 80 iH^Ttjipr.ll ARRELL. History of British Birds. With
all the Supplements. With nearly 600 very
beautiful engravings on wood. 4 vols. impl. 8vo,
cloth, uncut. London, 1843-56
Largest paper and extremely scarce.
Only 50 copies printed. Above is a genuine subscription copy.
It is a splendid set of the first edition of this magnificent work, so
justly celebrated for the beauty and exquisite fininish of the numerous
woodcuts.
' ' No work on this subject since the time of Bewick's ' Birds ' has
been so popular. In many of his details, especially his picturesque
tail-pieces, he imitated his great predecessor; but in point of accuracy
of description, and the homely truthfulness of his account of the habit
of birds, Mr. Yarrell has had no equal." — Charles Knight.
1 181 Yarrell. History of British Fishes. With steel por-
traits and over 400 beautiful engravings on wood, finest im-
pressions. 3 vols, royal 8vo, cloth, uncut.
London, Van Voorst, 1836-60
Large paper, and includes the second supplement to the first and
second editions by Sir John Richardson.
First edition of this beautiful and most valuable work. A complete
set on large paper of these celebrated books like the above copies of
these superior editions are of rare occurrence. They are an ornament
to any collection, and very few copies were printed in these sizes.
1 182 [YoNGE (Miss).] History of Christian Nanaes. 2 vols.
crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1863
"The author of ' Heart's Ease ' has excelled all her rivals." —
Jeaffreson.
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315
iJtlJlitiflrapijS, JBooft ©atalofiues, etc.
The more important bibliographical works in which the
Farnum Library is rich will be found scattered through-
out THIS catalogue IN THEIR PROPER ALPHABETICAL PLACES
UNDER THE NAMES OF THE AUTHORS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION
SHOULD BE CALLED TO SUCH WORKS, AS THEY ARE OF THE UTMOST
VALUE IN ENABLING WOULD-BE BIBLIOGRAPHERS TO DISCRIMINATE
BETWEEN EDITIONS, TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DIFFERENCE BE-
TWEEN ORIGINALS AND FACSIMILES, IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE EVEN
A CONCEITED AND PSEUDO-EXPERT MAY LAMENTABLY FAIL WHEN
PUT TO THE TEST.
11 83 Burton (W. E.). Bibliotheca Dramatica. Catalogue of
the Theatrical and Miscellaneous Library of the late
William E. Burton. Portrait. Imperial 8vo, half
morocco, top edge gilt. N. Y., i860
Large paper, uncut and neatly priced in carmine ink.
11 84 Wight (Andrew). Catalogue of the Library of . Imperial
8vo, half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut.
N. Y., /. E. Cooky, 1864
Large paper. Priced and named in carmine inlc.
The majority of the books were in fact the property of Mr. Edward
Vernon. Very rich in books printed by Benjamin Franklin .
1185 Daniel (George). Catalogue of the Library of. 4to, half
morocco, top edge gilt. London, 1864
Priced and named.
1 186 HosMER (Z.). Library Catalogue of. Royal 8vo, half
morocco, top edge gilt. Boston, r86i
Large paper. Ruled in red ink, priced, named and interleaved.
1187 Crowninshield (E. A.). Library Catalogue of. 8vo, half
morocco, top edge gilt and stilted. Boston, 1859
Limited edition of a few copies printed on tinted paper for presents.
This sale did not take place. The collection was withdrawn from public
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sale in consequence of its purchase by Henry Stevens, Esq. , for $g, 500,
who, after disposing of a portion of it, sold the residue, with some addi-
tions, at auction in London in the following year. No. 878, the Bay
Psalm Book, was sold by Mr. Stevens to the British Museum for
^157 lar.
1188 CoRwiN (E. B.). Catalogue of Books, Tracts, Autographs,
MSS., Engravings, Paintings, etc. 8vo, half morocco,
stilted, top edge gilt. N. Y., 1856
Large and fine paper copy. 100 printed. Priced and named in
carmine ink.
1 189 Dowse (T.). Catalogue of Library of, presented to the
Massachusetts Historical Society. Royal Bvo, cloth.
Boston, 1856
Extremely rare. Twenty-five copies only printed for private
distribution.
1 190 HiBBERT (George). Catalogue of Library of. Plates. 8vo,
half morocco, top edge gilt, others uncut.
London, W. Nicol, 1829
8,726 lots and 484 pages. Ruled and priced. This collection brought
$21,560, and was one of the most important collections ever sold.
The catalogue contains interesting biographical notes.
1 191 Wright Library Catalogue. Priced. 8vo, sewed.
N. Y., Leavitt, 1864
1 192 MuNSELL Library Catalogue. 4to, sewed, uncut. Large
PAPER. N. Y., Leavitt, 1865
1 193 'Bi^i.ioiTi^CA. KMZKiCAi<iA, withprintedprice list. 4to, sewed
1 1 94 Hervey Library Catalogue. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Priced.
1 1 95 L. Montgomery Bond Library, Autograph and Coin Cata-
logue. 8vo, sewed, uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, 1870
1 196 Wm. H. Carver Library Catalogue. 2 parts. 8vo, sewed,
uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, 1866-69
1 197 Oakwood {i. e., Hervey) Library Catalogue. 8vo, sewed,
uncut N. Y., Leavitt, 1868
1 198 Smets Library and Autograph Catalogues, also Catalogue
Raisonne. 3 parts. 8vo, sewed. 'i^.Y., Leavitt, -i.?i6&
1199 Extraordinary Catalogue. Works Relating to America
Catalogue; also Autograph Catalogue of same collection.
2 parts. 8vo, sewed, uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, 1868
1200 G. H. Holliday Library Catalogue. 8vo, sewed, uncut.
N. Y., Leavitt, 1870
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1 20 1 J. B. Rich Library Catalogue. 4to, sewed, uncut.
N. Y., Leavitt, n. d.
1202 Boon Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets principally re-
lating to America. Thick 8vo, sewed, uncut.
N. Y., Leavitt, 1870
3,126 lots and 597 pages.
1203 W. Elliot Woodward Library Catalogue. Thick 8vo,
sewed, uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, 1869
6,810 lots and 668 pages.
1204 Private Gentleman's Library and 2 other Leavitt Cata-
logues. 3 pieces.
1205 Conner, Whiteman, Townsend, Fisher, Carner, and
other Library Catalogues. Together 7 pieces. 8vo,
sewed. N. Y., Leavitt, v. d.
1206 Brinley (George). Library Catalogue of. Parts i, 2 and
3. 8vo, sewed, uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, 1879-81
With printed price-lists to each part of the 6,050 lots.
1207 J. H. V. Arnold Library Catalogue. 4to, sewed, uncut.
N. Y., Leavitt, 1879
3,465 lots and 394 pages.
1208 Menzies (William). Catalogue of Library of. 4to, sewed,
uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, 1875
2,251 lots and 473 pages.
1209 Wm. H. Prescott Library Catalogue. Compiled and
with Preface by C[harles] S[otheran]. 8vo, sewed,
uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, 1881
1210 David King Library Catalogue. Part I. 8vo, sewed.
N. Y., Leavitt, 1883
12 11 Irving Browne Library Catalogue. Imperial 8vo, sewed,
uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, 1878
Large paper. 75 copies only printed.
12 12 The Same. Small paper.
1 2 13 C. Fiske Harris Library Catalogue. 8vo, sewed.
N. Y., Leavitt, 1883
1 2 14 American Playwright [Daly] Library Catalogue. 8vo,
sewed, uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, n. d.
1 2 15 Hastie-Tracy Library Catalogue. Thick royal 8vo, sewed,
uncut. N. Y., Leavitt, 1877
8,145 lots and 563 pages.
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1 216 Wm. Beach Lawrence Library. Part One. [Compiled
by Charles Sotheran.J 8vo, sewed. (2 copies.)
N. Y., Leavitt, 1881
1217 Catalogue Valuable Private Library. 8vo, sewed.
N. Y., Leavitt, (1859)
5,106 lots and 324 pages.
1218 W. P. Wright Library. 8vo, sewed. N. Y., Leavitt, 1872
1219 E. Delafield Smith Library and other Leavitt Book
Catalogues. 5 pieces. 8vo, sewed.
1220 Griswold, i. e., Library of Bibliomaniac Catalogues. 4
pieces. 8vo, sewed. N. Y., Leavitt, 1878-80
Including the " Suppressed" Catalogue of the Library of a Biblio-
maniac by the late Joseph Sabin.
1 22 1 Pickering (W ). Catalogue of Biblical, Classical and His-
torical Manuscripts and of Rare and Curious Books.
Front. Fcap. 8vo, half morocco. London, 1834
Very scarce and printed by Whittingham. Presentation copy to
John Eyton, the historian and antiquary.
1222 ToovEY (James). Catalogue of Books Remarkable for
Beauty of Condition. i6mo, half morocco. London, n. d.
Printed by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. A choice cata-
logue, out of print and scarce.
1223 QuARiTCH (Bernard). Catalogue of Books in all Classes of
Catalogue, many of them Rare, Valuable and Curious.
8vo, half morocco. London, i860
6,574 different works, and 440 pages.
" This catalogue describes many books of considerable interest, to
some of which there are bibliographical notes which the reader very
naturally supposes are the production of Mr. Bernard Quaritch, whereas
they are, in fact, written by a Mr. Leahy, an accomplished scholar, in
his employ. The elevated price of the books, however, is, in all prob-
ability, the work of Mr, Quaritch himself. " — From Gems of Library of
a Bibliomaniac Catalogue.
1224 BoHN (Henry G.). A Catalogue of Books. Thick 8vo,
half morocco. London, 1841
Known as the " Guinea Catalogfue," contains upwards of 23,000 arti-
cles in all classes of literature, and is of great value to general book-
buyers. This volume is one of over 2,000 pages.
1225 BoHN. The Same. Vol. i. 8vo, half morocco.
London, 1848
A volume of nearly 600 pages.
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1226 Willis 3«(/ SoTHERAN. Catalogue of Upwards of 50,000
volumes of Ancient and Modern Books. 8vo, half mo-
rocco. London, 1862
1227 Willis ««(/ Sotheran. Catalogues of Books. Svo, half
morocco (a few pp. mutilated). London, 1865
1228 Thorpe (T.). Catalogue of Most Choice and Valuable
Collection of Curious Literature. Svo, half morocco.
London, 1843
A catalogpie of 499 pages, comprising 3,850 lots.
1229 Book Buyer (The). A Summary of American and For-
eign Literature. 8 vols, in 4, half morocco, cloth.
N. Y., 1867-75
An extremely valuable publication issued by Scribners and full of
interesting literary matter as well as catalogues of books.
1230 London Catalogue of Books published in Great Britain
from 1816 to 185 1, with Classified Index. 2 vols. Svo,
cloth. London, 1S51-53
1231 Modern London Catalogue of Books, tSoo to 1839. 2
vols, in I. Svo, half morocco. London, Bent, 1818-39
1232 London Catalogue of Books, 1831-55. Svo, cloth.
London, 1855
1233 Bookworm (The). A Literary and Bibliographical
Review. Edited and Illustrated by J. Ph. Berjeau.
Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, II and 12. Together S pieces. Il-
lustrations, facsimiles.
1234 Smith (John Russell). Catalogue of 25,000 volumes of
Choice, Useful and Curious Books. Svo, half morocco.
London, 1S60
1235 Wynne Library Catalogue. Svo, sewed. Richmond, 1S75
12^6 Dean (Amos). Catalogue of Library of. Svo, sewed.
•^ ^ N. Y., 1S68
1237 Bibliotheca Piscatoria. Catalogue of the Library of
Thomas Westwood, author of the " Chronicle of the
Compleat Angler." Frontispiece. 4to, sewed, uncut.
Prepared by J. W. Bouton, the well-known American bibliopolist, of
706 Broadway.
1238 Lilly (Joseph). Catalogue Raisonnde of Rare, Curious
vand Valuable Books. Svo, paper. London, 1863
320
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1239 Benzon (Ernst L. S.). Catalogue of Books and Manu-
scripts of. 8vo, sewed, uncut. London, 1875
Priced in carmine ink.
1240 Rice (John A.). Catalogue of Library of. Thick 8vo,
sewed, uncut. N. Y., 1870
Only 75 copies printed on thick and fine paper. The total amount
realized at the Rice Sale was over $42,000.
1 241 White (Richard Grant). Library Catalogue of. 8vo,
sewed, uncut. N. Y., 1870
1242 Mayer (Brantz). Catalogue of Choice Collection of Books
of. 8vo, sewed, uncut. N. Y., 1870
1243 Greene (Albert G.). Catalogue of Private Library of.
Thick 8vo, sewed, uncut. N. Y., 1869
1244 MoRRELL Book Catalogues. 3 pieces. 8vo, sewed. (One
priced with buyers' names.)
1245 Catalogues of C. W. Frederickson, Augustus Fleming
and Dr. John W. Francis Libraries. 3 pieces. 8vo,
sewed. (Fleming priced.)
1246 BiBLiOTHECA AMERICANA. Catalogue of J. K. Wiggin
Library. 8vo, sewed. Boston, 1876
1247 Humphrey (H. B.). Catalogue of Library of. Thick 8vo,
sewed, uncut. Cambridge, 18^1
Large paper, published at $5, and printed at the Riverside Press.
1248 Fowle (W. F.) Library Catalogue. 8vo, sewed, uncut.
Cambridge, 1864
Large paper; only 85 copies printed at the Riverside Press, priced.
Very scarce. This library, although it contained but 1,614 volumes,
realized $17,522.19, an average of almost $11 per volume, the highest,
probably, ever attained in this country up to its date.
1249 Choate (Rufus). Library Catalogue of. 8vo, sewed.
Boston, 1859
1250 Hall (Fitz-Edward). Catalogue of Library of. 8vo,
sewed, uncut. Boston, 1867
Priced, with names.
1 25 1 Sparks (Jared). Catalogue of Library of. 8vo, sewed,
uncut. Czmhiidge, Jiiverside I'ress, 1871
1252 Prescott (W. H.). Library Catalogue of. 8vo, sewed,
uncut. Boston, 187 1
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321
1253 Webster (Daniel). Library Catalogue of. 8vo, sewed.
Boston, n. d.
1254 SoMERBY (G. A.). Catalogue of Books of. 8vo, sewed,
uncut. Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1869
Priced and named.
1255 SoMERBY Library and Autograph Catalogues. 2 pieces.
8vo, sewed, uncut.
1256 Catalogues of Poole, Josselyn, Waterman, Shurt-
LEFF, Guild and Inglis Libraries. 6 pieces. 8vo, sewed.
(Josselyn and Inglis priced.)
1257 Library and Engraving Catalogues. 8 pieces. 8vo,
sewed (some priced).
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Book, Job and Catalogue Printer,
89 Nassau Street,
Corner Fulton, New York.
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